Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.238% in India in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in India reached an all time high of 0.238% in 2015 and an all time low of 0.215% in 1990. When compared to India's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Bangladesh amounted to 0.110%, 0.222% in China, 0.019% in Pakistan and 0.330% in Sri Lanka in 2015.
India has been ranked 99th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country 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 | % | 0.021% | 0.021% | 0.021% | 0.021% | 0.021% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | % | 0.111% | 0.111% | 0.111% | 0.110% | 0.110% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | % | 0.707% | 0.710% | 0.712% | 0.715% | 0.718% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | % | 0.212% | 0.214% | 0.215% | 0.217% | 0.219% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| India | % | 0.233% | 0.235% | 0.235% | 0.236% | 0.237% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 0.066% | 0.066% | 0.066% | 0.066% | 0.066% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 0.666% | 0.673% | 0.674% | 0.674% | 0.675% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 0.033% | 0.033% | 0.033% | 0.033% | 0.033% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 0.491% | 0.486% | 0.478% | 0.470% | 0.461% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 0.022% | 0.022% | 0.021% | 0.021% | 0.020% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 0.497% | 0.498% | 0.498% | 0.498% | 0.498% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 0.336% | 0.335% | 0.334% | 0.333% | 0.332% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 0.337% | 0.337% | 0.338% | 0.338% | 0.338% | ... |
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