Congo vs Saudi Arabia: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area

Congo

0.1%

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

0.1%

in 2025

Congo rank

70th

Saudi Arabia rank

72nd

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

Congo currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times Saudi Arabia's.

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

Congo ranks 70th and Saudi Arabia ranks 72nd 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.