El Salvador vs India: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
El Salvador
0.1%
in 2025
India
0.1%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
55th
India rank
57th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- El Salvador
- India
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in India, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was India ahead.
El Salvador ranks 55th and India ranks 57th of 228 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% | India |
| 2000s | -0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% | India |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | India |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, El Salvador or India?
- El Salvador, at 0.1% against 0.1% in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between El Salvador and India?
- 0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and India?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and India rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- El Salvador ranks 55th and India ranks 57th of 228 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.