Nepal vs Palau: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Nepal
0.3%
in 2025
Palau
0.2%
in 2025
Nepal rank
38th
Palau rank
41st
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Nepal
- Palau
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Palau, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.2 times Palau's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Palau ahead.
Nepal ranks 38th and Palau ranks 41st of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Palau |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Palau |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Nepal or Palau?
- Nepal, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Nepal and Palau?
- 0.1%, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Palau?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Nepal and Palau rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Nepal ranks 38th and Palau ranks 41st 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.