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Reading no. 2024/081

EnvironmentObserved dataAnnual fixture: International Day of Forests

Share of land area covered by forest in the Pacific

92.1%

Pacific

MicronesiaPalauSolomon IslandsPapua New GuineaFijiSamoaMarshall IslandsGuam

Forest area set against land area, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. Micronesia92.1
  2. Palau90.4
  3. Solomon Islands90.1
  4. Papua New Guinea79.0
  5. Fiji63.1
  6. Samoa57.8
  7. Marshall Islands52.2
  8. Guam51.9
  9. New Caledonia45.8
  10. French Polynesia43.1

The first territory of the ranking, Micronesia, is 92.1% covered by forest.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS (FAO data), read for seventeen Pacific territories from 2016 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2025/080 · 21 Mar92.2%Share of land area covered by forest in the Pacific2026/249 · 6 Sep47,204,374inhabitantsPopulation of Pacific countries and territories2025/289 · 16 Oct41.4% of importsShare of food in merchandise imports, Pacific2026/002 · 2 Jan623.5mmCumulative rainfall over 30 days in 10 places in the Pacific

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