Iceland vs Liechtenstein: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area

Iceland

1.6%

in 2025

Liechtenstein

1.4%

in 2025

Iceland rank

4th

Liechtenstein rank

5th

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

Iceland currently reports 1.6% against 1.4% in Liechtenstein, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Liechtenstein's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Iceland has been ahead every year.

Iceland ranks 4th and Liechtenstein ranks 5th 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.