Australia vs India: Forest area
Australia
133.56 million hectares
in 2025
India
72.74 million hectares
in 2025
Australia rank
7th
India rank
9th
Forest area over time
- Australia
- India
How they compare
Australia currently reports 133.56 million hectares against 72.74 million hectares in India, a difference of 60.82 million hectares.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.8 times India's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 7th and India ranks 9th of 235 countries.
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About this data
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.