Bhutan vs Malaysia: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Bhutan
-0.3%
in 2025
Malaysia
-0.3%
in 2025
Bhutan rank
183rd
Malaysia rank
184th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Bhutan
- Malaysia
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports -0.3% against -0.3% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 183rd and Malaysia ranks 184th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 3 and Malaysia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | -0.5% | 0.8% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 0.4% | -0.4% | 0.8% | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.1% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Bhutan or Malaysia?
- Bhutan, at -0.3% against -0.3% in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Bhutan and Malaysia?
- 0.0%, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Malaysia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Malaysia rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Bhutan ranks 183rd and Malaysia ranks 184th 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.