Benin vs Ecuador: Annual change in forest area

Benin

-37,382 hectares

in 2025

Ecuador

-30,154 hectares

in 2025

Benin rank

202nd

Ecuador rank

200th

Annual change in forest area over time

Ecuador currently reports -30,154 hectares against -37,382 hectares in Benin, a difference of 7,228 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Ecuador ahead.

Benin ranks 202nd and Ecuador ranks 200th of 235 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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