Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palau
Palau: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palau, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palau recorded 0.2% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palau peaked at 0.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2020.
Palau ranks 42nd 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.
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.4% | — |
| 1992 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -31.6% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palau changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -31.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palau
More environment data for Palau
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 14.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.167 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.13 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 5 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 0.3 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 6.98 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 46.51 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palau?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palau was 0.2% 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 Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2020.
- How does Palau rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Palau ranks 42nd out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palau 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.