France vs India: Annual change in forest area

France

89,400 hectares

in 2025

India

86,000 hectares

in 2025

France rank

4th

India rank

6th

Annual change in forest area over time

France currently reports 89,400 hectares against 86,000 hectares in India, a difference of 3,400 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was India ahead.

France ranks 4th and India ranks 6th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.