India vs United States: Land use

India
168.32 million hectares
in 2023
United States
154.73 million hectares
in 2023
India rank
1st
United States rank
2nd

Land use over time

  • India
  • United States
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M196119922023

How they compare

India currently reports 168.32 million hectares against 154.73 million hectares in United States, a difference of 13.59 million hectares.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.

India ranks 1st and United States ranks 2nd 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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