Iceland vs Israel: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita

Iceland

1.6%

in 2025

Israel

1.3%

in 2025

Iceland rank

3rd

Israel rank

5th

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

Iceland currently reports 1.6% against 1.3% in Israel, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Israel's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Iceland has been ahead every year.

Iceland ranks 3rd and Israel ranks 5th 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.