Malawi vs Somalia: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area

Malawi

-2.1%

in 2025

Somalia

-1.6%

in 2025

Malawi rank

223rd

Somalia rank

221st

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

Somalia currently reports -1.6% against -2.1% in Malawi, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Somalia ahead.

Malawi ranks 223rd and Somalia ranks 221st 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.