India vs Peru: Forest area

India

729,592 sq. km

in 2023

Peru

718,119 sq. km

in 2023

India rank

9th

Peru rank

10th

Forest area over time

India
Peru

How they compare

India currently reports 729,592 sq. km against 718,119 sq. km in Peru, a difference of 11,473 sq. km.

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

Globally, India ranks 9th and Peru ranks 10th of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in India
Forest area in Peru
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.