Angola vs Tanzania: Annual change in forest area

Angola
-510,030 hectares
in 2025
Tanzania
-469,000 hectares
in 2025
Angola rank
234th
Tanzania rank
233rd

Annual change in forest area over time

  • Angola
  • Tanzania
-500.0k-400.0k-300.0k-200.0k199120082025

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports -469,000 hectares against -510,030 hectares in Angola, a difference of 41,030 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 234th and Tanzania ranks 233rd of 235 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 1 and Tanzania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Tanzania Difference Ahead
1990s -152,021 hectares -403,000 hectares 250,979 hectares Angola
2000s -474,229 hectares -403,000 hectares 71,229 hectares Tanzania
2010s -510,030 hectares -429,400 hectares 80,630 hectares Tanzania
2020s -510,030 hectares -469,000 hectares 41,030 hectares Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual change in forest area, Angola or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at -469,000 hectares against -510,030 hectares in Angola as of 2025.
What is the difference in annual change in forest area between Angola and Tanzania?
41,030 hectares, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Tanzania?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Angola and Tanzania rank globally for annual change in forest area?
Angola ranks 234th and Tanzania ranks 233rd of 235 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in forest area
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.