Benin vs Malawi: Annual change in forest area

Benin

-37,382 hectares

in 2025

Malawi

-42,000 hectares

in 2025

Benin rank

202nd

Malawi rank

204th

Annual change in forest area over time

Benin currently reports -37,382 hectares against -42,000 hectares in Malawi, a difference of 4,618 hectares.

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

Benin ranks 202nd and Malawi ranks 204th 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.