Kazakhstan vs Rwanda: Annual change in forest area

Kazakhstan

13,900 hectares

in 2025

Rwanda

14,560 hectares

in 2025

Kazakhstan rank

24th

Rwanda rank

22nd

Annual change in forest area over time

Rwanda currently reports 14,560 hectares against 13,900 hectares in Kazakhstan, a difference of 660 hectares.

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

Kazakhstan ranks 24th 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.