Ecuador vs Samoa: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Ecuador
-0.2%
in 2025
Samoa
-0.3%
in 2025
Ecuador rank
178th
Samoa rank
181st
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Ecuador
- Samoa
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports -0.2% against -0.3% in Samoa, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Samoa ahead.
Ecuador ranks 178th and Samoa ranks 181st of 227 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.6% | -0.3% | 0.4% | Samoa |
| 2000s | -0.5% | -0.3% | 0.3% | Samoa |
| 2010s | -0.4% | -0.3% | 0.2% | Samoa |
| 2020s | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.0% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Ecuador or Samoa?
- Ecuador, at -0.2% against -0.3% in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Ecuador and Samoa?
- 0.1%, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Samoa?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Samoa rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 178th and Samoa ranks 181st 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.