Portugal vs Spain: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Portugal
0.2%
in 2025
Spain
0.2%
in 2025
Portugal rank
44th
Spain rank
45th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Spain, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Spain ahead.
Portugal ranks 44th and Spain ranks 45th of 227 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.3% | 2.1% | 2.3% | Spain |
| 2000s | -0.3% | 0.9% | 1.2% | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Portugal and Spain?
- 0.0%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Portugal ranks 44th and Spain ranks 45th 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.