India vs Turkey: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported
India
86,000 hectares
in 2025
Turkey
117,080 hectares
in 2025
India rank
6th
Turkey rank
3rd
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported over time
- India
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 117,080 hectares against 86,000 hectares in India, a difference of 31,080 hectares.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.4 times India's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was India ahead.
India ranks 6th and Turkey ranks 3rd of 235 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 | 365,300 hectares | 36,487 hectares | 328,813 hectares | India |
| 2000s | 207,980 hectares | 87,774 hectares | 120,206 hectares | India |
| 2010s | 270,730 hectares | 111,274 hectares | 159,456 hectares | India |
| 2020s | 121,033 hectares | 117,235 hectares | 3,798 hectares | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods, India or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 117,080 hectares against 86,000 hectares in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods between India and Turkey?
- 31,080 hectares, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Turkey?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do India and Turkey rank globally for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- India ranks 6th and Turkey ranks 3rd of 235 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 Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.