Congo vs Kazakhstan: Annual change in forest area

Congo

14,000 hectares

in 2025

Kazakhstan

13,900 hectares

in 2025

Congo rank

23rd

Kazakhstan rank

24th

Annual change in forest area over time

Congo currently reports 14,000 hectares against 13,900 hectares in Kazakhstan, a difference of 100 hectares.

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

Congo ranks 23rd and Kazakhstan ranks 24th 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.