Malaysia vs Thailand: Forest area
Malaysia
189,636 sq. km
in 2023
Thailand
197,650 sq. km
in 2023
Malaysia rank
32nd
Thailand rank
31st
Forest area over time
- Malaysia
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 197,650 sq. km against 189,636 sq. km in Malaysia, a difference of 8,014 sq. km.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malaysia ahead.
Globally, Malaysia ranks 32nd and Thailand ranks 31st of 214 countries.
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About this data
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.