Democratic Republic of Congo vs Zambia: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita

Democratic Republic of Congo

-0.2%

in 2025

Zambia

-0.2%

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

174th

Zambia rank

175th

Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports -0.2% against -0.2% in Zambia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Zambia ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 174th and Zambia ranks 175th of 227 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Unit: %
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 227 places, 7,945 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.