Japan vs Norway: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita

Japan

-0.0%

in 2025

Norway

-0.0%

in 2025

Japan rank

147th

Norway rank

150th

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

Japan currently reports -0.0% against -0.0% in Norway, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Japan ranks 147th and Norway ranks 150th 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.