Moldova vs Samoa: Annual change in forest area

Moldova

-580 hectares

in 2025

Samoa

-480 hectares

in 2025

Moldova rank

162nd

Samoa rank

161st

Annual change in forest area over time

Samoa currently reports -480 hectares against -580 hectares in Moldova, a difference of 100 hectares.

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

Moldova ranks 162nd and Samoa ranks 161st 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.