France vs Papua New Guinea: Tree cover loss

France

78,513 hectares

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

81,946 hectares

in 2024

France rank

44th

Papua New Guinea rank

42nd

Tree cover loss over time

Papua New Guinea currently reports 81,946 hectares against 78,513 hectares in France, a difference of 3,433 hectares.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

France ranks 44th and Papua New Guinea ranks 42nd of 197 countries.

Indicator: Tree cover loss
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 197 places, 4,728 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Tree cover loss driven by all causes.