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Annual forest area change rate (%)

Name: Annual forest area change rate (%) by country, 2025
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
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Annual forest area change rate (%) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Bahrain	12.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
2	Malta	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
3	Rwanda	2.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Albania	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
5	Jamaica	1.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
6	Greece	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Kenya	1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
8	Iceland	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Cabo Verde	1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
10	Serbia	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
11	Azerbaijan	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
12	Uruguay	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
13	Ireland	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Uzbekistan	0.93	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
15	China	0.77	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
16	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.76	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
17	Liechtenstein	0.75	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Kazakhstan	0.62	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
19	Philippines	0.59	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
20	Italy	0.56	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	France	0.56	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Turkiye	0.53	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
23	Ghana	0.52	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Viet Nam	0.51	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
25	Pakistan	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
26	West Bank and Gaza	0.49	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
27	Djibouti	0.48	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
28	New Zealand	0.45	East Asia & Pacific	High income
29	Fiji	0.42	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	Ukraine	0.39	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	South Africa	0.39	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
32	Belarus	0.39	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
33	United Kingdom	0.38	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Kuwait	0.34	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
35	Bulgaria	0.32	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Marshall Islands	0.32	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
37	North Macedonia	0.31	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
38	Puerto Rico (US)	0.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
39	Spain	0.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Denmark	0.29	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Cuba	0.29	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Nepal	0.27	South Asia	Lower middle income
43	India	0.27	South Asia	Lower middle income
44	Mauritania	0.26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Czechia	0.26	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	St. Lucia	0.24	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Palau	0.21	East Asia & Pacific	High income
48	Haiti	0.21	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
49	Latvia	0.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Dominican Republic	0.19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Estonia	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Portugal	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Switzerland	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.15	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
55	Croatia	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Hungary	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Lithuania	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	El Salvador	0.12	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Netherlands	0.12	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Costa Rica	0.12	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
61	Isle of Man	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Russian Federation	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Sri Lanka	0.11	South Asia	Upper middle income
64	United Arab Emirates	0.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
65	Slovak Republic	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Indonesia	0.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
67	Romania	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Australia	0.08	East Asia & Pacific	High income
69	Poland	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Austria	0.07	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Kyrgyz Republic	0.07	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
72	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.07	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
73	Lebanon	0.07	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
74	Tajikistan	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
75	Finland	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	High income
76	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.05	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
77	Sao Tome and Principe	0.05	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Germany	0.04	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Saudi Arabia	0.03	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
80	Canada	0.02	North America	High income
81	Morocco	0.01	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
82	Syrian Arab Republic	0.01	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.01	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Oman	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
85	Lesotho	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
86	Jordan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
87	Luxembourg	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	St. Martin (French part)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
89	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
90	Maldives	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
91	Montenegro	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Guam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
93	Mongolia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
94	Northern Mariana Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	Greenland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Grenada	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Mauritius	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
98	New Caledonia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
99	Georgia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Faroe Islands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	French Polynesia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
102	Qatar	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
103	Cayman Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Curacao	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Kiribati	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
106	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	South Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Botswana	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
109	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
110	Brunei Darussalam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
111	Barbados	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
112	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
113	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
114	Togo	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Bermuda	0	North America	High income
116	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Tonga	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
118	Bahamas, The	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
119	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
120	Burundi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	American Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
123	British Virgin Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Armenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Yemen, Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
126	Afghanistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
127	Aruba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
128	Ethiopia	-0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
129	Namibia	-0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Japan	-0.01	East Asia & Pacific	High income
131	Sweden	-0.02	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Norway	-0.02	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Gabon	-0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
134	Congo, Rep.	-0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Solomon Islands	-0.03	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
136	Chile	-0.03	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	Papua New Guinea	-0.04	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
138	Andorra	-0.04	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Slovenia	-0.04	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	United States	-0.04	North America	High income
141	Algeria	-0.04	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
142	Guyana	-0.05	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Bangladesh	-0.05	South Asia	Lower middle income
144	Cyprus	-0.06	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Panama	-0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
146	Dominica	-0.08	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Korea, Rep.	-0.09	East Asia & Pacific	High income
148	Central African Republic	-0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Suriname	-0.11	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
150	Timor-Leste	-0.11	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
151	Bhutan	-0.15	South Asia	Lower middle income
152	Libya	-0.16	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
153	Venezuela, RB	-0.17	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
154	Senegal	-0.18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Zambia	-0.19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.19	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
157	Mexico	-0.19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
158	Congo, Dem. Rep.	-0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Guinea-Bissau	-0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Thailand	-0.21	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
161	Tunisia	-0.25	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
162	Lao PDR	-0.25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
163	Colombia	-0.25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
164	Vanuatu	-0.26	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
165	Belgium	-0.28	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Samoa	-0.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
167	Malaysia	-0.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
168	Eswatini	-0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
169	Equatorial Guinea	-0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
170	Peru	-0.35	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
171	Comoros	-0.35	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	Guatemala	-0.38	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
173	Zimbabwe	-0.38	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
174	Argentina	-0.39	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
175	Ecuador	-0.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
176	Eritrea	-0.41	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177	Moldova	-0.42	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
178	Bolivia	-0.42	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
179	Nicaragua	-0.45	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
180	Belize	-0.56	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
181	Brazil	-0.59	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
182	Nigeria	-0.71	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
183	Cameroon	-0.74	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
184	Sudan	-0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
185	Angola	-0.77	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
186	Sierra Leone	-0.78	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
187	Seychelles	-0.79	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
188	Niger	-0.79	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
189	Mozambique	-0.79	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.81	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
191	Iraq	-0.91	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
192	Mali	-0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
193	Israel	-0.95	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
194	Myanmar	-1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
195	Tanzania	-1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
196	Liberia	-1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
197	Honduras	-1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
198	Singapore	-1.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
199	Benin	-1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
200	Uganda	-1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
201	Madagascar	-1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
202	Guinea	-1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
203	Paraguay	-1.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
204	Cote d'Ivoire	-1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
205	Malawi	-1.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
206	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
207	Gambia, The	-2.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
208	Chad	-3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
209	Burkina Faso	-3.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
210	Cambodia	-3.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income

Annual forest area change rate (%)