Japan vs Vanuatu: Annual change in forest area

Japan

-2,200 hectares

in 2025

Vanuatu

-2,384 hectares

in 2025

Japan rank

170th

Vanuatu rank

172nd

Annual change in forest area over time

Japan currently reports -2,200 hectares against -2,384 hectares in Vanuatu, a difference of 184 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Japan ranks 170th 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.