India vs Kenya: Annual change in forest area

India

86,000 hectares

in 2025

Kenya

64,470 hectares

in 2025

India rank

6th

Kenya rank

9th

Annual change in forest area over time

India currently reports 86,000 hectares against 64,470 hectares in Kenya, a difference of 21,530 hectares.

That makes India's figure about 1.3 times Kenya's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 6th and Kenya ranks 9th 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.