Azerbaijan vs China: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Azerbaijan
0.9%
in 2025
China
0.7%
in 2025
Azerbaijan rank
11th
China rank
14th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Azerbaijan
- China
How they compare
Azerbaijan currently reports 0.9% against 0.7% in China, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Azerbaijan's figure about 1.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was China ahead.
Azerbaijan ranks 11th and China ranks 14th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 2 and China in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.8% | China |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.8% | China |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Azerbaijan |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Azerbaijan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Azerbaijan or China?
- Azerbaijan, at 0.9% against 0.7% in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Azerbaijan and China?
- 0.2%, with Azerbaijan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and China?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Azerbaijan and China rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Azerbaijan ranks 11th and China ranks 14th of 227 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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.