Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in India
India: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in India, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
India recorded 0.1% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 68.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in India peaked at 0.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
India ranks 57th of 228 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 54 Lithuania 0.1% compare
- 55 El Salvador 0.1% compare
- 56 Netherlands 0.1% compare
- 58 Costa Rica 0.1% compare
- 59 United Arab Emirates 0.1% compare
- 60 Russia 0.1% compare
More environment data for India
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 4,371 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.01 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 572.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 37.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 108.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 4.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 861.61 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 1.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 135.23 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in India?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in India was 0.1% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does India rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- India ranks 57th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.