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India: Forest area (% of land area)

24.44percent · 2024+3.0% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for India from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202424.436
202324.407
202224.378
202124.349
202024.32
201924.221
201824.121
201724.021
201623.922
201523.822
201423.733
201323.643
201223.553
201123.464
201023.374
200923.31
200823.246
200723.182
200623.118
200523.054
200422.99
200322.926
200222.862
200122.798
200022.733
199922.611
199822.488
199722.365
199622.242
199522.119
199421.996
199321.873
199221.751
199121.628
199021.505

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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