Chile vs Spain: Forest area

Chile
18.16 million hectares
in 2025
Spain
19.13 million hectares
in 2025
Chile rank
37th
Spain rank
34th

Forest area over time

  • Chile
  • Spain
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M199020072025

How they compare

Spain currently reports 19.13 million hectares against 18.16 million hectares in Chile, a difference of 970,900 hectares.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 37th and Spain ranks 34th 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.