Argentina vs Colombia: Forest area

Argentina
46.60 million hectares
in 2025
Colombia
59.46 million hectares
in 2025
Argentina rank
16th
Colombia rank
13th

Forest area over time

  • Argentina
  • Colombia
020.0M40.0M60.0M199020072025

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 59.46 million hectares against 46.60 million hectares in Argentina, a difference of 12.86 million hectares.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.3 times Argentina's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 16th and Colombia ranks 13th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
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, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.