Democratic Republic of Congo vs Peru: Annual change in forest area

Democratic Republic of Congo

-282,894 hectares

in 2025

Peru

-299,339 hectares

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

229th

Peru rank

231st

Annual change in forest area over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports -282,894 hectares against -299,339 hectares in Peru, a difference of 16,445 hectares.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 229th and Peru ranks 231st 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.