India vs OECD (FAO): Land use

India
168.32 million hectares
in 2023
OECD (FAO)
382.61 million hectares
in 2023
India rank
1st
OECD (FAO) rank
1st

Land use over time

  • India
  • OECD (FAO)
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M196119922023

How they compare

OECD (FAO) currently reports 382.61 million hectares against 168.32 million hectares in India, a difference of 214.29 million hectares.

That makes OECD (FAO)'s figure about 2.3 times India's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, OECD (FAO) has been ahead every year.

India ranks 1st and OECD (FAO) ranks 1st of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
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
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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