Samoa vs Vanuatu: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Samoa
-0.3%
in 2025
Vanuatu
-0.3%
in 2025
Samoa rank
181st
Vanuatu rank
179th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Samoa
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports -0.3% against -0.3% in Samoa, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.
Samoa ranks 181st and Vanuatu ranks 179th of 227 countries.
Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.3% | -0.2% | 0.0% | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | -0.3% | -0.2% | 0.0% | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.0% | Vanuatu |
| 2020s | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.0% | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Samoa or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at -0.3% against -0.3% in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Samoa and Vanuatu?
- 0.0%, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Vanuatu?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Samoa and Vanuatu rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Samoa ranks 181st and Vanuatu ranks 179th 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.