Nepal vs Palau: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Nepal
0.3%
in 2025
Palau
0.2%
in 2025
Nepal rank
39th
Palau rank
42nd
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Nepal
- Palau
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Palau, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.2 times Palau's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Palau ahead.
Nepal ranks 39th and Palau ranks 42nd of 228 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Palau |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Palau |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nepal |
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, Nepal or Palau?
- Nepal, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Nepal and Palau?
- 0.1%, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Palau?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Nepal and Palau rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Nepal ranks 39th and Palau ranks 42nd 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.