India vs Turkey: Annual forest expansion
India
674,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Turkey
117,500 hectares per year
in 2020
India rank
4th
Turkey rank
5th
Annual forest expansion over time
- India
- Turkey
How they compare
India currently reports 674,000 hectares per year against 117,500 hectares per year in Turkey, a difference of 556,500 hectares per year.
That makes India's figure about 5.7 times Turkey's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 4th and Turkey ranks 5th of 110 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 749,300 hectares per year | 36,490 hectares per year | 712,810 hectares per year | India |
| 2000s | 820,000 hectares per year | 93,470 hectares per year | 726,530 hectares per year | India |
| 2010s | 946,400 hectares per year | 115,695 hectares per year | 830,705 hectares per year | India |
| 2020s | 674,000 hectares per year | 117,500 hectares per year | 556,500 hectares per year | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, India or Turkey?
- India, at 674,000 hectares per year against 117,500 hectares per year in Turkey as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between India and Turkey?
- 556,500 hectares per year, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Turkey?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do India and Turkey rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- India ranks 4th and Turkey ranks 5th of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).