Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
2.7 % change on previous year
Bahrain
Lowest
-4.32 % change on previous year
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
31
1993–2023
Data points
7,253
What the numbers show
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable), annual growth rate is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 2.7 % change on previous year in Bahrain; the lowest is -4.32 % change on previous year in Cote d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.1795 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 5,988.3%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 1,420.2%).
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 2.7 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 2 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 277.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Djibouti | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Iceland | 1.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Uruguay | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 0.9975 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 8 | China | 0.8403 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 0.8323 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 10 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.7422 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Turkey | 0.6923 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 0.6907 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 13 | Chile | 0.6659 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 14 | Cape Verde | 0.6477 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Jamaica | 0.6425 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Fiji | 0.5792 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 17 | Italy | 0.5562 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 0.5336 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Vietnam | 0.513 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 20 | Ireland | 0.5063 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Algeria | 0.4873 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Reunion | 0.4829 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 0.4807 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 0.4788 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 25 | Lebanon | 0.4151 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Martinique | 0.3796 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 0.3745 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 28 | India | 0.3662 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 29 | Rwanda | 0.3597 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 0.3317 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Switzerland | 0.2696 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 0.2657 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 33 | Netherlands | 0.2518 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 153.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Eswatini | 0.242 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 0.2349 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Tunisia | 0.2168 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 37 | Palau | 0.1924 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 38 | New Zealand | 0.1854 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 5,988.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Morocco | 0.1813 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 409.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Belarus | 0.1648 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,932.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Denmark | 0.1491 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Croatia | 0.1286 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 517.5% | falling |
| 43 | Poland | 0.1262 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 44 | Iran | 0.1151 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Latvia | 0.1132 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritius | 0.103 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 319.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Puerto Rico | 0.0985 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.0904 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 157.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Bhutan | 0.074 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 0.0724 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Lithuania | 0.069 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Czechia | 0.0675 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 53 | Norway | 0.064 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Ukraine | 0.0618 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Niue | 0.0529 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0465 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 0.0226 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 281.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Syria | 0.0153 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Serbia | 0.0118 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Albania | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Australia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Burundi | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Belgium | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Brunei | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Cuba | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Germany | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Dominica | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Egypt | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Estonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Finland | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Georgia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Greece | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Guam | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Iraq | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Israel | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Japan | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Kenya | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Kuwait | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Saint Lucia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Liechtenstein | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Moldova | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Malta | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Montenegro | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Nepal | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Portugal | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | French Polynesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Russia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | South Sudan | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Slovakia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Sweden | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | United States | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Cook Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Montserrat | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | West Bank and Gaza | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Western Sahara | -0.0056 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Mongolia | -0.0106 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Canada | -0.0107 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 140 | Cyprus | -0.0116 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 141 | New Caledonia | -0.0119 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | -0.029 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 143 | French Guiana | -0.0429 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | -0.05 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 145 | Gabon | -0.0502 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 146 | Congo | -0.0684 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 147 | Hungary | -0.0712 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 150.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Suriname | -0.0804 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Guadeloupe | -0.0836 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 144.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | -0.0936 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Madagascar | -0.1064 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Venezuela | -0.1169 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 153 | Armenia | -0.128 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 103.2% | falling |
| 154 | Central African Republic | -0.1349 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | -0.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 162.9% | volatile |
| 156 | East Timor | -0.1525 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 157 | South Korea | -0.1596 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 158 | Slovenia | -0.1645 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,126.2% | volatile |
| 159 | American Samoa | -0.1757 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 160 | Thailand | -0.1818 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,420.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.1847 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 162 | Mexico | -0.1959 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 163 | Laos | -0.2088 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 164 | South Africa | -0.2144 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 165 | Peru | -0.2401 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 166 | Togo | -0.246 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Brazil | -0.2463 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 168 | Malaysia | -0.2635 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 148.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | -0.2651 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 170 | Panama | -0.2722 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 171 | Cameroon | -0.2768 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 172 | Samoa | -0.2987 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 173 | Eritrea | -0.3013 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 174 | Guatemala | -0.331 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 175 | Honduras | -0.3316 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 176 | Colombia | -0.3391 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 52.5% | rising |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.3438 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 178 | North Korea | -0.3607 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 179 | Mayotte | -0.3626 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Cayman Islands | -0.3695 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Argentina | -0.3837 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 182 | Liberia | -0.4004 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 183 | Bolivia | -0.4167 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 184 | Zambia | -0.4235 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.4299 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 186 | Ethiopia | -0.4314 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 187 | Senegal | -0.5007 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 188 | Ecuador | -0.5198 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.0% | rising |
| 189 | Guinea | -0.6548 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 190 | Mozambique | -0.664 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 191 | Indonesia | -0.666 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Nigeria | -0.7662 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 193 | El Salvador | -0.7828 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 194 | Botswana | -0.7877 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 195 | Sierra Leone | -0.7906 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.8159 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 197 | Burkina Faso | -0.8175 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 198 | Angola | -0.8474 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 199 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -0.8882 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 200 | Belize | -0.8894 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 201 | Haiti | -0.9118 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Sudan | -0.9542 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 203 | Myanmar | -1.04 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 204 | Tanzania | -1.05 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 205 | Namibia | -1.09 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 206 | Pakistan | -1.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 207 | Niger | -1.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 208 | Singapore | -1.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Sao Tome and Principe | -1.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 210 | Somalia | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 211 | Comoros | -1.37 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 212 | Benin | -1.65 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 213 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -1.69 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 214 | Paraguay | -1.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 215 | Mauritania | -1.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 216 | Uganda | -1.83 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 217 | Malawi | -1.95 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 218 | Cambodia | -2.01 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 219 | Oman | -2.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 220 | Gambia | -2.48 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 221 | Chad | -2.71 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 222 | Nicaragua | -3.12 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 126.4% | falling |
| 223 | Cote d'Ivoire | -4.32 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 43.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Asia 0.202 % change on previous year
- Chagai 0 % change on previous year
- Euro Area (EA) 0.0226 % change on previous year
- Euro Area (EA) – aggregate of member states 0.0216 % change on previous year
- G7 0.0181 % change on previous year
- Advanced economies 0.015 % change on previous year
- G20 0.0124 % change on previous year
- Oceania -0.0049 % change on previous year
- World -0.1235 % change on previous year
- Americas -0.1566 % change on previous year
- Emerging Market and Developing Economies -0.1665 % change on previous year
- Africa -0.6347 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Forest area, 1000 Hectares International Monetary Fund
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.