South Korea vs Panama: Annual change in forest area

South Korea

-3,774 hectares

in 2025

Panama

-3,014 hectares

in 2025

South Korea rank

177th

Panama rank

174th

Annual change in forest area over time

Panama currently reports -3,014 hectares against -3,774 hectares in South Korea, a difference of 759.96 hectares.

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

South Korea ranks 177th and Panama ranks 174th 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.