Americas vs India: Planted Forest — Area

Americas
67,144 1000 ha
in 2025
India
13,472 1000 ha
in 2025
Americas rank
5th
India rank
6th

Planted Forest — Area over time

  • Americas
  • India
20.0k40.0k60.0k199020072025

How they compare

Americas currently reports 67,144 1000 ha against 13,472 1000 ha in India, a difference of 53,672 1000 ha.

That makes Americas's figure about 5.0 times India's.

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

Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 6th of 35 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas India Difference Ahead
1990s 34,978 1000 ha 10,945 1000 ha 24,033 1000 ha Americas
2000s 47,349 1000 ha 11,479 1000 ha 35,870 1000 ha Americas
2010s 59,899 1000 ha 12,138 1000 ha 47,760 1000 ha Americas
2020s 65,871 1000 ha 13,368 1000 ha 52,502 1000 ha Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher planted forest — area, Americas or India?
Americas, at 67,144 1000 ha against 13,472 1000 ha in India as of 2025.
What is the difference in planted forest — area between Americas and India?
53,672 1000 ha, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and India?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Americas and India rank globally for planted forest — area?
Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 6th of 35 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Planted Forest — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Planted Forest — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 7,796 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.