Colombia vs Sri Lanka: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Colombia
-0.2%
in 2025
Sri Lanka
-0.2%
in 2025
Colombia rank
176th
Sri Lanka rank
177th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Colombia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Colombia currently reports -0.2% against -0.2% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 176th and Sri Lanka ranks 177th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.4% | -0.6% | 0.2% | Colombia |
| 2000s | -0.2% | -0.4% | 0.2% | Colombia |
| 2010s | -0.2% | -0.1% | 0.1% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -0.1% | 0.1% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Colombia or Sri Lanka?
- Colombia, at -0.2% against -0.2% in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Colombia and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0%, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Sri Lanka?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Sri Lanka rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Colombia ranks 176th and Sri Lanka ranks 177th 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.