Eritrea vs Niger: Annual change in forest area

Eritrea

-5,980 hectares

in 2025

Niger

-4,920 hectares

in 2025

Eritrea rank

185th

Niger rank

182nd

Annual change in forest area over time

Niger currently reports -4,920 hectares against -5,980 hectares in Eritrea, a difference of 1,060 hectares.

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

Eritrea ranks 185th and Niger ranks 182nd 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.