Net Forest conversion — Area, per square kilometre by country
Net Forest conversion — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
135
Highest
0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre
Cambodia
Lowest
0 1000 ha per square kilometre
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,341
What the numbers show
Net Forest conversion — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 135 countries. The highest value is 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre in Cambodia; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per square kilometre in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 26,707.3%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 100.0%).
Net Forest conversion — Area, per square kilometre (Area square): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambodia | 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Gambia | 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 696.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Paraguay | 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 5 | Myanmar | 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 6 | Seychelles | 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Honduras | 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 8 | Malawi | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Angola | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 13 | Guatemala | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.3% | falling |
| 14 | Malaysia | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 15 | Mozambique | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Benin | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 17 | Belize | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Guinea | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 21 | Thailand | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,871.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Cameroon | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.6% | rising |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 25 | Bhutan | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Madagascar | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Romania | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 616.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 30 | Nigeria | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 31 | Samoa | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 33 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 36 | Sweden | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.7% | flat |
| 37 | Zambia | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Ecuador | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 40 | Somalia | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.6% | rising |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 42 | Suriname | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 289.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Chad | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 44 | Senegal | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 45 | Estonia | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Sudan | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Mali | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 48 | Eswatini | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | falling |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 53 | Togo | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 54 | Argentina | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 55 | Mexico | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 56 | Panama | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 57 | Dominica | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovenia | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26,707.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Canada | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Eritrea | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 62 | Austria | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 63 | Israel | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Guyana | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | Gabon | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 67 | Japan | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 69 | Cyprus | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Iraq | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Niger | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.3% | rising |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 74 | Norway | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Chile | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 76 | Mauritania | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 77 | Italy | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Morocco | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Congo | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.1% | rising |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Croatia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Namibia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Australia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Algeria | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Libya | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 86 | Jordan | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Albania | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Andorra | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Armenia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | American Samoa | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Burundi | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Belgium | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Belarus | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Switzerland | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | China | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Comoros | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 87 | Cuba | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Cayman Islands | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Czechia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Denmark | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Spain | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Finland | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Haiti | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Hungary | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Indonesia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ireland | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Kenya | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Lithuania | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Luxembourg | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Marshall Islands | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mauritius | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Nepal | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | New Zealand | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Pakistan | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Philippines | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Portugal | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Rwanda | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Singapore | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | South Sudan | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovakia | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ukraine | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Uzbekistan | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | British Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Net Forest conversion — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Net Forest conversion — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Net Forest conversion — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Net Forest conversion — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.