Annual change in forest area in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Annual change in forest area was -2,384 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Annual change in forest area in Vanuatu, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded -2,384 hectares for annual change in forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area in Vanuatu peaked at -2,384 hectares in 2011 and was at its lowest, -2,385 hectares, in 2001.
Vanuatu ranks 172nd of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -2,384 hectares | -2,384 hectares | -2,384 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -2,385 hectares | -2,385 hectares | -2,384 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -2,384 hectares | -2,385 hectares | -2,384 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -2,384 hectares | -2,384 hectares | -2,384 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Vanuatu
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.6321 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.93 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.1832 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0079 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0021 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.2757 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0821 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area in Vanuatu?
- Annual change in forest area in Vanuatu was -2,384 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was -2,384 hectares in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was -2,385 hectares in 2001.
- How does Vanuatu rank for annual change in forest area?
- Vanuatu ranks 172nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.