Angola vs India: Forest land — Area

Angola
63,262 1000 ha
in 2025
India
72,739 1000 ha
in 2025
Angola rank
14th
India rank
11th

Forest land — Area over time

  • Angola
  • India
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k199020072025

How they compare

India currently reports 72,739 1000 ha against 63,262 1000 ha in Angola, a difference of 9,477 1000 ha.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.

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

Angola ranks 14th and India ranks 11th of 231 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 2 and India in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola India Difference Ahead
1990s 76,849 1000 ha 65,582 1000 ha 11,267 1000 ha Angola
2000s 73,718 1000 ha 68,448 1000 ha 5,270 1000 ha Angola
2010s 68,618 1000 ha 70,725 1000 ha 2,107 1000 ha India
2020s 64,537 1000 ha 72,524 1000 ha 7,987 1000 ha India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — area, Angola or India?
India, at 72,739 1000 ha against 63,262 1000 ha in Angola as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — area between Angola and India?
9,477 1000 ha, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and India?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Angola and India rank globally for forest land — area?
Angola ranks 14th and India ranks 11th of 231 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest land — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest land — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,311 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.