Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Fiji
Fiji: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Fiji, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Fiji is 0.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Fiji peaked at 0.7% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2025.
Fiji ranks 24th of 228 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 21 Ghana 0.5% compare
- 22 France 0.5% compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 0.4% compare
- 26 United Kingdom 0.4% compare
- 27 South Africa 0.4% compare
More environment data for Fiji
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.96 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.4004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0164 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0072 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0007 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.7997 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.373 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Fiji?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Fiji was 0.4% 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 as a share of forest area recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2025.
- How does Fiji rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Fiji ranks 24th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Fiji 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 as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.