Norway vs Vanuatu: Annual change in forest area

Norway

-2,434 hectares

in 2025

Vanuatu

-2,384 hectares

in 2025

Norway rank

173rd

Vanuatu rank

172nd

Annual change in forest area over time

Vanuatu currently reports -2,384 hectares against -2,434 hectares in Norway, a difference of 49.98 hectares.

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

Norway ranks 173rd 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.