French Guiana vs Papua New Guinea: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods
French Guiana
-4,180 hectares
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
-3,750 hectares
in 2025
French Guiana rank
179th
Papua New Guinea rank
176th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods over time
- French Guiana
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports -3,750 hectares against -4,180 hectares in French Guiana, a difference of 430 hectares.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was French Guiana ahead.
French Guiana ranks 179th and Papua New Guinea ranks 176th of 235 countries.
French Guiana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | French Guiana | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -4,556 hectares | -21,914 hectares | 17,358 hectares | French Guiana |
| 2000s | -4,320 hectares | -21,918 hectares | 17,597 hectares | French Guiana |
| 2010s | -3,451 hectares | -12,919 hectares | 9,467 hectares | French Guiana |
| 2020s | -4,055 hectares | -6,635 hectares | 2,580 hectares | French Guiana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods, French Guiana or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at -3,750 hectares against -4,180 hectares in French Guiana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods between French Guiana and Papua New Guinea?
- 430 hectares, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do French Guiana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- French Guiana ranks 179th and Papua New Guinea ranks 176th of 235 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 Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.