France vs Malaysia: Forest area
France
17.80 million hectares
in 2025
Malaysia
18.88 million hectares
in 2025
France rank
38th
Malaysia rank
35th
Forest area over time
- France
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 18.88 million hectares against 17.80 million hectares in France, a difference of 1.09 million hectares.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times France's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
France ranks 38th and Malaysia ranks 35th 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.