Colombia vs Peru: Forest area

Colombia
59.46 million hectares
in 2025
Peru
67.16 million hectares
in 2025
Colombia rank
13th
Peru rank
10th

Forest area over time

  • Colombia
  • Peru
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M199020072025

How they compare

Peru currently reports 67.16 million hectares against 59.46 million hectares in Colombia, a difference of 7.70 million hectares.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 13th and Peru ranks 10th 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.