India vs Middle Africa: Forest land — Area

India
72,739 1000 ha
in 2025
Middle Africa
318,172 1000 ha
in 2025
India rank
11th
Middle Africa rank
14th

Forest land — Area over time

  • India
  • Middle Africa
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k199020072025

How they compare

Middle Africa currently reports 318,172 1000 ha against 72,739 1000 ha in India, a difference of 245,433 1000 ha.

That makes Middle Africa's figure about 4.4 times India's.

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

India ranks 11th and Middle Africa ranks 14th of 231 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India Middle Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 65,582 1000 ha 357,946 1000 ha 292,365 1000 ha Middle Africa
2000s 68,448 1000 ha 346,076 1000 ha 277,627 1000 ha Middle Africa
2010s 70,725 1000 ha 331,009 1000 ha 260,284 1000 ha Middle Africa
2020s 72,524 1000 ha 320,885 1000 ha 248,361 1000 ha Middle Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — area, India or Middle Africa?
Middle Africa, at 318,172 1000 ha against 72,739 1000 ha in India as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — area between India and Middle Africa?
245,433 1000 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Middle Africa?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do India and Middle Africa rank globally for forest land — area?
India ranks 11th and Middle Africa ranks 14th 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.