Belize vs Nicaragua: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita

Belize

-0.6%

in 2025

Nicaragua

-0.5%

in 2025

Belize rank

197th

Nicaragua rank

195th

Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time

Nicaragua currently reports -0.5% against -0.6% in Belize, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Belize ranks 197th and Nicaragua ranks 195th of 227 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
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: 227 places, 7,945 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.