What is the difference in forest area between Spain and Thailand?

514,700 hectares, with Thailand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Thailand?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Spain vs Thailand: Forest area

Spain

19.13 million hectares

in 2025

Thailand

19.65 million hectares

in 2025

Spain rank

34th

Thailand rank

32nd

Forest area over time

Spain
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 19.65 million hectares against 19.13 million hectares in Spain, a difference of 514,700 hectares.

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

Spain ranks 34th and Thailand ranks 32nd of 235 countries.

Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Spain	Thailand	Difference	Ahead
1990s	15.34 million hectares	20.20 million hectares	4.86 million hectares	Thailand
2000s	17.76 million hectares	20.13 million hectares	2.38 million hectares	Thailand
2010s	18.65 million hectares	20.13 million hectares	1.47 million hectares	Thailand
2020s	19.06 million hectares	19.99 million hectares	935,100 hectares	Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Spain or Thailand?: Thailand, at 19.65 million hectares against 19.13 million hectares in Spain as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Spain and Thailand?: 514,700 hectares, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Thailand?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Spain and Thailand rank globally for forest area?: Spain ranks 34th and Thailand ranks 32nd of 235 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 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.