Bulgaria vs Ukraine: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Bulgaria
0.3%
in 2025
Ukraine
0.4%
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
31st
Ukraine rank
28th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Bulgaria
- Ukraine
How they compare
Ukraine currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Ukraine ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 31st and Ukraine ranks 28th of 228 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and Ukraine in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Ukraine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Ukraine |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.9% | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Ukraine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, Bulgaria or Ukraine?
- Ukraine, at 0.4% against 0.3% in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Bulgaria and Ukraine?
- 0.1%, with Ukraine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Ukraine?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Ukraine rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Bulgaria ranks 31st and Ukraine ranks 28th of 228 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.