Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in India
India: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 50,437 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in India, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in India stood at 50,437 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in India peaked at 50,437 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 48,212 1000 ha, in 1999.
That places India 14th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 48,580 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 48,582 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 48,584 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 48,381 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 48,429 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 48,379 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 48,267 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 48,212 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 48,388 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 48,269 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 48,287 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 48,372 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 48,508 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 48,510 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 48,519 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 48,566 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 48,564 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 48,555 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 48,544 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 48,552 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 48,545 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 48,551 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 48,531 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 48,542 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 49,033 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 49,278 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 49,329 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 49,592 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 49,735 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 49,920 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 50,437 1000 ha | +1.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 50,437 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,523 1000 ha, 20.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 50,437 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 2,420 1000 ha, 20.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48,427 1000 ha | 48,212 1000 ha | 48,584 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 48,454 1000 ha | 48,269 1000 ha | 48,566 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,850 1000 ha | 48,531 1000 ha | 49,592 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,030 1000 ha | 49,735 1000 ha | 50,437 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near India
- 11 Angola 74,245 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,414 1000 ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,127 1000 ha compare
- 12 Mexico 72,332 1000 ha compare
- 13 Central African Republic 50,794 1000 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 362.66 1000 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 324.2 1000 ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 301.31 1000 ha compare
- 15 Zambia 46,671 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mozambique 44,995 1000 ha compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 273.67 1000 ha compare
- 17 Papua New Guinea 39,084 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 61.48 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in India?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in India was 50,437 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 50,437 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,212 1000 ha in 1999.
- How does India rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- India ranks 14th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.