Malaysia vs Thailand: Forest area

Malaysia

18.88 million hectares

in 2025

Thailand

19.65 million hectares

in 2025

Malaysia rank

35th

Thailand rank

32nd

Forest area over time

Malaysia
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 19.65 million hectares against 18.88 million hectares in Malaysia, a difference of 762,800 hectares.

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

Malaysia ranks 35th and Thailand ranks 32nd of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Malaysia
Forest area in Thailand
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.