Benin vs Madagascar: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area

Benin

-1.2%

in 2025

Madagascar

-1.3%

in 2025

Benin rank

217th

Madagascar rank

219th

Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time

Benin currently reports -1.2% against -1.3% in Madagascar, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Benin ranks 217th and Madagascar ranks 219th of 228 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Unit: %
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: 228 places, 7,980 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.