Congo vs Rwanda: Annual change in forest area

Congo

14,000 hectares

in 2025

Rwanda

14,560 hectares

in 2025

Congo rank

23rd

Rwanda rank

22nd

Annual change in forest area over time

Rwanda currently reports 14,560 hectares against 14,000 hectares in Congo, a difference of 560 hectares.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.

Congo ranks 23rd and Rwanda ranks 22nd 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.