New Zealand vs Philippines: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
New Zealand
0.7%
in 2025
Philippines
0.6%
in 2025
New Zealand rank
15th
Philippines rank
18th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- New Zealand
- Philippines
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Philippines, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Philippines's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 15th and Philippines ranks 18th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 3 and Philippines in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5% | -0.6% | 1.1% | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.0% | -0.7% | 0.7% | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Philippines |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, New Zealand or Philippines?
- New Zealand, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Philippines as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between New Zealand and Philippines?
- 0.1%, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Philippines?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Philippines rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 15th and Philippines ranks 18th 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.