Forest land area rose 0.253% to 707 '000 sq km in India in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in India reached an all time high of 707 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 639 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to India's main peers, forest land area in Bangladesh amounted to 14.3 '000 sq km, 2,083 '000 sq km in China, 14.7 '000 sq km in Pakistan and 20.7 '000 sq km in Sri Lanka in 2015.
India has been ranked 10th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Afghanistan | '000 sq km | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | '000 sq km | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | '000 sq km | 32.4 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 27.3 | 27.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 sq km | 2,041 | 2,006 | 2,022 | 2,037 | 2,052 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | '000 sq km | 683 | 698 | 700 | 701 | 703 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | '000 sq km | 111 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 sq km | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | '000 sq km | 205 | 221 | 221 | 222 | 222 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | '000 sq km | 0.009 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | '000 sq km | 321 | 318 | 312 | 307 | 301 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | '000 sq km | 17.3 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 sq km | 8,090 | 8,151 | 8,151 | 8,151 | 8,150 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | '000 sq km | 18.7 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 20.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 sq km | 3,036 | 3,087 | 3,090 | 3,093 | 3,095 |
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