What is the difference in forest area between Chile and Malaysia?

722,800 hectares, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Malaysia?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chile vs Malaysia: Forest area

Chile

18.16 million hectares

in 2025

Malaysia

18.88 million hectares

in 2025

Chile rank

37th

Malaysia rank

35th

Forest area over time

Chile
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 18.88 million hectares against 18.16 million hectares in Chile, a difference of 722,800 hectares.

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

Chile ranks 37th and Malaysia ranks 35th of 235 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	17.09 million hectares	20.20 million hectares	3.11 million hectares	Malaysia
2000s	17.70 million hectares	19.36 million hectares	1.66 million hectares	Malaysia
2010s	18.16 million hectares	19.25 million hectares	1.10 million hectares	Malaysia
2020s	18.17 million hectares	19.03 million hectares	860,583 hectares	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Chile or Malaysia?: Malaysia, at 18.88 million hectares against 18.16 million hectares in Chile as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Chile and Malaysia?: 722,800 hectares, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Malaysia?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Chile and Malaysia rank globally for forest area?: Chile ranks 37th and Malaysia ranks 35th 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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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.