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Reading no. 2026/284

EnvironmentObserved data

Share of land covered by forest in Papua New Guinea

79.0%

Papua New Guinea

Papua New GuineaFijiNew CaledoniaNew ZealandAustralia

Share of the land area of Papua New Guinea covered by forest, in 2023.

The forest share of Papua New Guinea is 4.5 times that of Australia.

Observation
Fiji (2023)
63.5%
New Caledonia (2023)
45.8%
New Zealand (2023)
37.8%
Australia (2023)
17.4%

Method

Indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS, year 2023, the latest available for every territory cited. The regional comparison uses the same query over seventeen Pacific territories.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Confidence

High

See also

2026/249 · 6 Sep47,204,374inhabitantsPopulation of Pacific countries and territories2024/113 · 22 Apr54.6%Share of renewable energy in consumption, Pacific2026/271 · 28 Sep17.08t CO2eCO2 emissions per capita in the Pacific2025/112 · 22 Apr59.7%Share of protected land in the Pacific

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