Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Reunion
Reunion: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Reunion, 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 Reunion is 0.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 96.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Reunion peaked at 0.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2025.
Reunion ranks 80th of 228 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Reunion, 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 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +35.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -50.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -92.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Reunion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -92.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2016 | -50.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| 2011 | +35.7% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Reunion?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Reunion was 0.0% 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 Reunion?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Reunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- How does Reunion rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Reunion ranks 80th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Reunion?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Reunion 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.