Canada vs Japan: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Canada
-0.0%
in 2025
Japan
-0.0%
in 2025
Canada rank
144th
Japan rank
147th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Canada
- Japan
How they compare
Canada currently reports -0.0% against -0.0% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 144th and Japan ranks 147th of 227 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | Canada |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.1% | -0.0% | 0.1% | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Canada or Japan?
- Canada, at -0.0% against -0.0% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Canada and Japan?
- 0.0%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Japan?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Japan rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Canada ranks 144th and Japan ranks 147th 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.