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Annual forest area change rate (%)
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
-0.1%
Median: 0.0%
Countries Covered
224
with available data
Highest
Burundi
3.7%
Lowest
Egypt
-3.7%
Top 5 Countries
1Burundi3.7%
2Bahrain3.0%
3Malta2.8%
4Uruguay1.6%
5Guam1.6%
By Region
Europe0.2%(32 countries)
Oceania0.2%(2 countries)
South America0.1%(7 countries)
Asia0.0%(24 countries)
Other-0.2%(146 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-3.7%)High (3.7%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: -0.1%)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Asia (24)
Other (146)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 3.7% |
| 2 | Bahrain | 3.0% |
| 3 | Malta | 2.8% |
| 4 | Uruguay | 1.6% |
| 5 | Guam | 1.6% |
| 6 | Iceland | 1.4% |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 1.2% |
| 8 | Cuba | 1.0% |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 1.0% |
| 10 | People's Republic of China | 0.9% |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 0.9% |
| 12 | Vietnam | 0.9% |
| 13 | Chile | 0.9% |
| 14 | Ireland | 0.8% |
| 15 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.8% |
| 16 | Denmark | 0.7% |
| 17 | Cape Verde | 0.7% |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7% |
| 19 | Jamaica | 0.7% |
| 20 | Romania | 0.6% |
| 21 | Fiji | 0.6% |
| 22 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.6% |
| 23 | Italy | 0.6% |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 0.6% |
| 25 | Türkiye | 0.5% |
| 26 | France | 0.5% |
| 27 | Philippines | 0.5% |
| 28 | Reunion | 0.5% |
| 29 | Estonia | 0.4% |
| 30 | Lebanon | 0.4% |
| 31 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.4% |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 0.4% |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 0.4% |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0.4% |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4% |
| 36 | Martinique | 0.4% |
| 37 | India | 0.4% |
| 38 | Djibouti | 0.4% |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 0.3% |
| 40 | Australia | 0.3% |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 0.3% |
| 42 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.3% |
| 43 | Switzerland | 0.3% |
| 44 | Eswatini | 0.3% |
| 45 | Tunisia | 0.2% |
| 46 | Palau | 0.2% |
| 47 | State of Palestine | 0.2% |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.2% |
| 49 | Belarus | 0.2% |
| 50 | Poland | 0.2% |
| 51 | Algeria | 0.2% |
| 52 | Ukraine | 0.2% |
| 53 | Lithuania | 0.1% |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.1% |
| 55 | Latvia | 0.1% |
| 56 | Croatia | 0.1% |
| 57 | Mauritius | 0.1% |
| 58 | Puerto Rico | 0.1% |
| 59 | Malaysia | 0.1% |
| 60 | Austria | 0.1% |
| 61 | Czech Republic | 0.1% |
| 62 | Finland | 0.1% |
| 63 | Bhutan | 0.1% |
| 64 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.1% |
| 65 | Norway | 0.1% |
| 66 | Ghana | 0.1% |
| 67 | Guadeloupe | 0.1% |
| 68 | Niue | 0.1% |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% |
| 70 | New Zealand | 0.0% |
| 71 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% |
| 72 | Serbia | 0.0% |
| 73 | Slovakia | 0.0% |
| 74 | United States of America | 0.0% |
| 75 | Hungary | 0.0% |
| 76 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% |
| 77 | Germany | 0.0% |
| 78 | Spain | 0.0% |
| 79 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% |
| 80 | Cook Islands | 0.0% |
| 81 | Dominica | 0.0% |
| 82 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% |
| 83 | French Polynesia | 0.0% |
| 84 | Georgia | 0.0% |
| 85 | Kiribati | 0.0% |
| 86 | Greece | 0.0% |
| 87 | Greenland | 0.0% |
| 88 | Grenada | 0.0% |
| 89 | Iraq | 0.0% |
| 90 | Jordan | 0.0% |
| 91 | Kuwait | 0.0% |
| 92 | Lesotho | 0.0% |
| 93 | Libya | 0.0% |
| 94 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 0.0% |
| 96 | Maldives | 0.0% |
| 97 | Mali | 0.0% |
| 98 | Montenegro | 0.0% |
| 99 | Montserrat | 0.0% |
| 100 | Nepal | 0.0% |
| 101 | Curaçao | 0.0% |
| 102 | Aruba | 0.0% |
| 103 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% |
| 104 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 0.0% |
| 106 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% |
| 107 | Russian Federation | 0.0% |
| 108 | Saint Helena | 0.0% |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% |
| 110 | Anguilla | 0.0% |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% |
| 112 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% |
| 114 | San Marino | 0.0% |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% |
| 116 | Seychelles | 0.0% |
| 117 | South Sudan | 0.0% |
| 118 | Western Sahara | 0.0% |
| 119 | Tonga | 0.0% |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% |
| 121 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% |
| 123 | Tuvalu | 0.0% |
| 124 | Guernsey | 0.0% |
| 125 | Jersey | 0.0% |
| 126 | Isle of Man | 0.0% |
| 127 | Yemen | 0.0% |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 0.0% |
| 129 | Andorra | 0.0% |
| 130 | Bahamas | 0.0% |
| 131 | Barbados | 0.0% |
| 132 | Bermuda | 0.0% |
| 133 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% |
| 134 | Canada | -0.0% |
| 135 | Japan | -0.0% |
| 136 | Kenya | -0.0% |
| 137 | Mongolia | -0.0% |
| 138 | New Caledonia | -0.0% |
| 139 | Belgium | -0.0% |
| 140 | Cyprus | -0.0% |
| 141 | Sweden | -0.0% |
| 142 | Bangladesh | -0.0% |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | -0.0% |
| 144 | French Guiana | -0.0% |
| 145 | Gabon | -0.1% |
| 146 | Republic of the Congo | -0.1% |
| 147 | Guyana | -0.1% |
| 148 | Armenia | -0.1% |
| 149 | Virgin Islands, British | -0.1% |
| 150 | Slovenia | -0.1% |
| 151 | Suriname | -0.1% |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | -0.1% |
| 153 | Thailand | -0.1% |
| 154 | Madagascar | -0.1% |
| 155 | Netherlands | -0.1% |
| 156 | Central African Republic | -0.1% |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | -0.2% |
| 158 | South Korea | -0.2% |
| 159 | American Samoa | -0.2% |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.2% |
| 161 | Mexico | -0.2% |
| 162 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -0.2% |
| 163 | South Africa | -0.2% |
| 164 | Peru | -0.2% |
| 165 | Togo | -0.2% |
| 166 | Zimbabwe | -0.3% |
| 167 | Cameroon | -0.3% |
| 168 | Panama | -0.3% |
| 169 | Venezuela | -0.3% |
| 170 | Colombia | -0.3% |
| 171 | Samoa | -0.3% |
| 172 | Eritrea | -0.3% |
| 173 | Brazil | -0.3% |
| 174 | Honduras | -0.3% |
| 175 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.3% |
| 176 | North Korea | -0.3% |
| 177 | Mayotte | -0.4% |
| 178 | Liberia | -0.4% |
| 179 | Zambia | -0.4% |
| 180 | Ecuador | -0.4% |
| 181 | Ethiopia | -0.4% |
| 182 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.4% |
| 183 | Bolivia | -0.4% |
| 184 | Senegal | -0.5% |
| 185 | Guatemala | -0.5% |
| 186 | Argentina | -0.6% |
| 187 | Guinea | -0.6% |
| 188 | Mozambique | -0.6% |
| 189 | Nigeria | -0.7% |
| 190 | El Salvador | -0.7% |
| 191 | Botswana | -0.7% |
| 192 | Sierra Leone | -0.8% |
| 193 | Burkina Faso | -0.8% |
| 194 | Indonesia | -0.8% |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.8% |
| 196 | Angola | -0.8% |
| 197 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -0.8% |
| 198 | Haiti | -0.9% |
| 199 | Belize | -0.9% |
| 200 | United Republic of Tanzania | -0.9% |
| 201 | Sudan | -0.9% |
| 202 | Pakistan | -0.9% |
| 203 | Israel | -1.0% |
| 204 | Myanmar | -1.0% |
| 205 | Namibia | -1.0% |
| 206 | Niger | -1.1% |
| 207 | Sao Tome and Principe | -1.1% |
| 208 | Somalia | -1.2% |
| 209 | Comoros | -1.2% |
| 210 | Singapore | -1.3% |
| 211 | Benin | -1.5% |
| 212 | Mauritania | -1.6% |
| 213 | Uganda | -1.6% |
| 214 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -1.6% |
| 215 | Malawi | -1.7% |
| 216 | Oman | -1.8% |
| 217 | Paraguay | -1.9% |
| 218 | Nicaragua | -2.0% |
| 219 | Republic of The Gambia | -2.1% |
| 220 | Northern Mariana Islands | -2.2% |
| 221 | Chad | -2.5% |
| 222 | Cambodia | -2.7% |
| 223 | Cote d'Ivoire | -3.3% |
| 224 | Egypt | -3.7% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).
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