Forest area in India

Forest area in India: 21.5% in 1990 and 24.4% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 24.4%
Since 1990: +2.9 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 120 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	India	World
2024	24.4	–
2023	24.4	31.1
2022	24.4	31.1
2021	24.4	31.2
2020	24.3	31.2
2019	24.2	31.2
2018	24.1	31.3
2017	24	31.3
2016	23.9	31.3
2015	23.8	31.4
2014	23.7	31.4
2013	23.6	31.4
2012	23.6	31.5
2011	23.5	31.9
2010	23.4	32
2009	23.3	32
2008	23.3	32
2007	23.2	32.1
2006	23.1	32.1
2005	23.1	32.1
2004	23	32.2
2003	22.9	32.3
2002	22.9	32.3
2001	22.8	32.3
2000	22.7	32.4
1999	22.6	32.5
1998	22.5	32.5
1997	22.4	32.6
1996	22.2	32.7
1995	22.1	32.7
1994	22	32.8
1993	21.9	32.8
1992	21.8	33
1991	21.6	–
1990	21.5	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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