South Korea vs Panama: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita

South Korea

-0.1%

in 2025

Panama

-0.1%

in 2025

South Korea rank

159th

Panama rank

160th

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

South Korea currently reports -0.1% against -0.1% in Panama, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 159th and Panama ranks 160th 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.