India vs Indonesia: Forest area
India
72.74 million hectares
in 2025
Indonesia
95.97 million hectares
in 2025
India rank
9th
Indonesia rank
8th
Forest area over time
- India
- Indonesia
How they compare
Indonesia currently reports 95.97 million hectares against 72.74 million hectares in India, a difference of 23.23 million hectares.
That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.3 times India's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Indonesia has been ahead every year.
India ranks 9th and Indonesia ranks 8th 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.