Eswatini vs Vanuatu: Annual change in forest area

Eswatini

-1,500 hectares

in 2025

Vanuatu

-2,384 hectares

in 2025

Eswatini rank

169th

Vanuatu rank

172nd

Annual change in forest area over time

Eswatini currently reports -1,500 hectares against -2,384 hectares in Vanuatu, a difference of 884 hectares.

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

Eswatini ranks 169th and Vanuatu ranks 172nd 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.