Brazil vs Liberia: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Brazil
-0.7%
in 2025
Liberia
-0.6%
in 2025
Brazil rank
200th
Liberia rank
199th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Brazil
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports -0.6% against -0.7% in Brazil, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Liberia ahead.
Brazil ranks 200th and Liberia ranks 199th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Liberia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | Liberia |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -0.4% | 0.2% | Liberia |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -1.5% | 1.0% | Brazil |
| 2020s | -0.6% | -0.8% | 0.1% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Brazil or Liberia?
- Liberia, at -0.6% against -0.7% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Brazil and Liberia?
- 0.1%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Liberia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Liberia rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Brazil ranks 200th and Liberia ranks 199th 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.