Madagascar vs Puerto Rico: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Madagascar
-1.3%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
-1.2%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
218th
Puerto Rico rank
217th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Madagascar
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports -1.2% against -1.3% in Madagascar, a difference of 0.1%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 218th and Puerto Rico ranks 217th of 227 countries.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5% | 3.4% | 3.9% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | -0.8% | 1.5% | 2.3% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | -1.2% | -0.4% | 0.9% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | -1.2% | -1.2% | 0.0% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Madagascar or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at -1.2% against -1.3% in Madagascar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Madagascar and Puerto Rico?
- 0.1%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Puerto Rico?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Madagascar and Puerto Rico rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Madagascar ranks 218th and Puerto Rico ranks 217th 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.