Which has higher forestland — area, Polynesia or Zambia?

Zambia, at 44,874 1000 ha against 383.8 1000 ha in Polynesia as of 2025.

What is the difference in forestland — area between Polynesia and Zambia?

44,490 1000 ha, with Zambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Zambia?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forestland — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Polynesia vs Zambia: Forestland — Area

Polynesia

383.8 1000 ha

in 2025

Zambia

44,874 1000 ha

in 2025

Polynesia rank

17th

Zambia rank

17th

Forestland — Area over time

Polynesia
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 44,874 1000 ha against 383.8 1000 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 44,490 1000 ha.

That makes Zambia's figure about 116.9 times Polynesia's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

Polynesia ranks 17th and Zambia ranks 17th of 21 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Polynesia	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	395.57 1000 ha	47,251 1000 ha	46,855 1000 ha	Zambia
2000s	392.73 1000 ha	46,893 1000 ha	46,500 1000 ha	Zambia
2010s	387.94 1000 ha	45,958 1000 ha	45,570 1000 ha	Zambia
2020s	384.78 1000 ha	45,117 1000 ha	44,732 1000 ha	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forestland — area, Polynesia or Zambia?: Zambia, at 44,874 1000 ha against 383.8 1000 ha in Polynesia as of 2025.
What is the difference in forestland — area between Polynesia and Zambia?: 44,490 1000 ha, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Zambia?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Polynesia and Zambia rank globally for forestland — area?: Polynesia ranks 17th and Zambia ranks 17th of 21 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forestland — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Forestland — Area
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 275 places, 9,600 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).