Belize vs Niger: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Belize
-0.6%
in 2025
Niger
-0.5%
in 2025
Belize rank
197th
Niger rank
196th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Belize
- Niger
How they compare
Niger 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 Niger ranks 196th of 227 countries.
Belize has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5% | -3.8% | 3.3% | Belize |
| 2000s | -0.5% | -1.3% | 0.8% | Belize |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -1.1% | 0.5% | Belize |
| 2020s | -0.6% | -0.6% | 0.0% | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Belize or Niger?
- Niger, at -0.5% against -0.6% in Belize as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Belize and Niger?
- 0.1%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Niger?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Belize and Niger rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Belize ranks 197th and Niger ranks 196th 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.