Change forest area share total in East Timor
East Timor: Change forest area share total was -0.0804 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Change forest area share total in East Timor, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for change forest area share total in East Timor is -0.0804, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest area share total in East Timor peaked at -0.0802 in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.1323, in 2020.
That places East Timor 163rd out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest area share total in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.1274 | — |
| 1992 | -0.1275 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | -0.1277 | +0.1% |
| 1994 | -0.1279 | +0.1% |
| 1995 | -0.128 | +0.1% |
| 1996 | -0.1282 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | -0.1283 | +0.1% |
| 1998 | -0.1285 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | -0.1287 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | -0.1288 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | -0.129 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | -0.1292 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | -0.1293 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | -0.1295 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | -0.1297 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | -0.1298 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | -0.13 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | -0.1302 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | -0.1304 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | -0.1305 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | -0.1307 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | -0.1309 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | -0.131 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | -0.1312 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | -0.1314 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | -0.1316 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | -0.1317 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | -0.1319 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | -0.1321 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | -0.1323 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | -0.0802 | -39.4% |
| 2022 | -0.0802 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | -0.0803 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | -0.0804 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | -0.0804 | +0.1% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's -0.0804 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.0292, 2.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Change forest area share total in East Timor 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 | +39.4% | -0.1323 | -0.0802 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.128 | -0.1287 | -0.1274 | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.1296 | -0.1304 | -0.1288 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.1313 | -0.1321 | -0.1305 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.089 | -0.1323 | -0.0802 | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More environment data for East Timor
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.1057 hectares per person (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 10.09 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 3.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest area share total in East Timor?
- Change forest area share total in East Timor was -0.0804 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest area share total recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was -0.0802 in 2021.
- What is the lowest change forest area share total recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1323 in 2020.
- How does East Timor rank for change forest area share total?
- East Timor ranks 163rd out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest area share total rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change forest area share total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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