French Polynesia vs Malta: Annual change in forest area

French Polynesia

0 hectares

in 2025

Malta

2 hectares

in 2025

French Polynesia rank

85th

Malta rank

83rd

Annual change in forest area over time

Malta currently reports 2 hectares against 0 hectares in French Polynesia, a difference of 2 hectares.

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

French Polynesia ranks 85th and Malta ranks 83rd 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.