Iran vs Mali: Forest area

Iran

10.75 million hectares

in 2025

Mali

10.48 million hectares

in 2025

Iran rank

50th

Mali rank

51st

Forest area over time

Iran
Mali

How they compare

Iran currently reports 10.75 million hectares against 10.48 million hectares in Mali, a difference of 271,800 hectares.

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

Iran ranks 50th and Mali ranks 51st of 235 countries.

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Forest area in Iran
Forest area in Mali
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.