Nepal vs Rwanda: Annual change in forest area

Nepal

16,580 hectares

in 2025

Rwanda

14,560 hectares

in 2025

Nepal rank

21st

Rwanda rank

22nd

Annual change in forest area over time

Nepal currently reports 16,580 hectares against 14,560 hectares in Rwanda, a difference of 2,020 hectares.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 21st 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.