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.

Individual pages

Forest area in Chile
Forest area in Malaysia
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 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.