Chile vs Spain: Forest area

Chile

185,794 sq. km

in 2023

Spain

185,850 sq. km

in 2023

Chile rank

34th

Spain rank

33rd

Forest area over time

Chile
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 185,850 sq. km against 185,794 sq. km in Chile, a difference of 56 sq. km.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 34th and Spain ranks 33rd of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Chile
Forest area in Spain
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 261 places, 8,639 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Forest area is land 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.