France vs Philippines: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
France
0.5%
in 2025
Philippines
0.6%
in 2025
France rank
21st
Philippines rank
18th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- France
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in France, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was France ahead.
France ranks 21st and Philippines ranks 18th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, France averaged higher in 3 and Philippines in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | -0.6% | 1.2% | France |
| 2000s | 0.7% | -0.7% | 1.4% | France |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | France |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, France or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 0.6% against 0.5% in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between France and Philippines?
- 0.1%, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Philippines?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do France and Philippines rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- France ranks 21st and Philippines ranks 18th 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.