Change forest vs gdp by country
Countries reporting
197
Highest
2.29
Rwanda
Lowest
-4.87
Cambodia
Median
0
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
7,945
What the numbers show
Change forest vs gdp is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 2.29 in Rwanda; the lowest is -4.87 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is -0.1179.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 21,479.4%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 1,913.0%).
Change forest vs gdp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 2.29 | 2025 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Kenya | 1.65 | 2025 | up 156.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Iceland | 1.57 | 2025 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 1.44 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Israel | 1.33 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 6 | Cape Verde | 1.21 | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 7 | Serbia | 1.14 | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 1.05 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 9 | Ireland | 0.9493 | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Uruguay | 0.9088 | 2025 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 0.8647 | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.8318 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 13 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.726 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 14 | China | 0.7092 | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0.6556 | 2025 | up 21,479.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Pakistan | 0.6511 | 2025 | up 176.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Jamaica | 0.6305 | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Philippines | 0.5707 | 2025 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Turkey | 0.5134 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 20 | Ghana | 0.5062 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 21 | France | 0.5024 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 22 | Malta | 0.4255 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Fiji | 0.4075 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 0.3948 | 2025 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 0.3844 | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 26 | South Africa | 0.3827 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 27 | Ukraine | 0.3766 | 2025 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Haiti | 0.3762 | 2025 | up 143.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Guadeloupe | 0.3571 | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 0.3183 | 2025 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Denmark | 0.3066 | 2025 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechia | 0.3045 | 2025 | up 241.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Comoros | 0.2997 | 2025 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Belarus | 0.2949 | 2025 | up 3,537.4% | falling |
| 35 | Jersey | 0.2941 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 0.2933 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 37 | Hungary | 0.291 | 2025 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Nepal | 0.2646 | 2025 | up 360.7% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritania | 0.2581 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 40 | Togo | 0.2483 | 2025 | up 202.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Palau | 0.215 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 42 | Latvia | 0.1894 | 2025 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 43 | Djibouti | 0.1686 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Portugal | 0.168 | 2025 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Spain | 0.1575 | 2025 | up 1,497.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Vietnam | 0.1526 | 2025 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 0.1523 | 2025 | down 75.6% | falling |
| 48 | North Korea | 0.1469 | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Egypt | 0.146 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Switzerland | 0.1446 | 2025 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 51 | Martinique | 0.1443 | 2025 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 52 | Italy | 0.1326 | 2025 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Lithuania | 0.1277 | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 54 | El Salvador | 0.1221 | 2025 | up 986.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Netherlands | 0.1218 | 2025 | up 125.7% | volatile |
| 56 | India | 0.1182 | 2025 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 0.1177 | 2025 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1035 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Russia | 0.1008 | 2025 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Slovakia | 0.0955 | 2025 | up 139.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Indonesia | 0.0849 | 2025 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Romania | 0.0807 | 2025 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Austria | 0.0722 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 0.0707 | 2025 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Lebanon | 0.0679 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 66 | Croatia | 0.0678 | 2025 | up 225.9% | falling |
| 67 | Andorra | 0.0659 | 2025 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Poland | 0.0649 | 2025 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 69 | Congo | 0.0641 | 2025 | up 169.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Cuba | 0.0605 | 2025 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 0.054 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0481 | 2025 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.047 | 2025 | up 104.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0465 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 75 | Germany | 0.0418 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 76 | Australia | 0.0405 | 2025 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Estonia | 0.0235 | 2025 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 78 | South Sudan | 0.0209 | 2025 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Reunion | 0.0207 | 2025 | down 96.2% | falling |
| 80 | Syria | 0.0061 | 2025 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Morocco | 0.0055 | 2025 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0051 | 2025 | down 98.4% | falling |
| 83 | Armenia | 0.0048 | 2025 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Albania | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | American Samoa | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Burundi | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Belgium | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Brunei | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Botswana | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Finland | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Georgia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Greece | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Guam | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Isle of Man | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Montenegro | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Mongolia | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Mauritius | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Palestine | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | French Polynesia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Singapore | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Sweden | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Montserrat | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Niue | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Guernsey | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Canada | -0.0027 | 2025 | down 101.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovenia | -0.0045 | 2025 | down 128.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | -0.008 | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Japan | -0.0088 | 2025 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | -0.011 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 149 | Ethiopia | -0.0147 | 2025 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Norway | -0.0201 | 2025 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 151 | United States | -0.0233 | 2025 | down 126.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Chile | -0.0269 | 2025 | down 113.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Gabon | -0.0286 | 2025 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | -0.0292 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 155 | Algeria | -0.0398 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 156 | Guyana | -0.0415 | 2025 | up 34.4% | falling |
| 157 | French Guiana | -0.0524 | 2025 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 158 | Bangladesh | -0.0527 | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 159 | South Korea | -0.0601 | 2025 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 160 | Panama | -0.0653 | 2025 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Dominica | -0.0767 | 2025 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 162 | East Timor | -0.0804 | 2025 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 163 | Cyprus | -0.0978 | 2025 | down 550.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Central African Republic | -0.1032 | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 165 | Venezuela | -0.1047 | 2025 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 166 | Suriname | -0.1244 | 2025 | down 294.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Western Sahara | -0.1508 | 2025 | down 279.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Moldova | -0.1566 | 2025 | down 125.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Libya | -0.1627 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 170 | Senegal | -0.1797 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.1876 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 172 | Mexico | -0.1928 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.2018 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 174 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -0.2032 | 2025 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 175 | Zambia | -0.2165 | 2025 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Colombia | -0.2242 | 2025 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 177 | Sri Lanka | -0.2331 | 2025 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Ecuador | -0.2449 | 2025 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 179 | Vanuatu | -0.2627 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 180 | Laos | -0.271 | 2025 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 181 | Samoa | -0.3005 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 182 | North Macedonia | -0.3161 | 2025 | down 146.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Bhutan | -0.3172 | 2025 | down 535.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Malaysia | -0.3177 | 2025 | down 159.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Tunisia | -0.3348 | 2025 | down 886.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Eswatini | -0.3464 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 187 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.3474 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 188 | Mayotte | -0.3542 | 2025 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Guatemala | -0.3731 | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 190 | Zimbabwe | -0.385 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 191 | Argentina | -0.3852 | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 192 | Eritrea | -0.4147 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 193 | Bolivia | -0.441 | 2025 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 194 | Peru | -0.4457 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 195 | Nicaragua | -0.4628 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Niger | -0.4663 | 2025 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 197 | Belize | -0.5728 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 198 | Cameroon | -0.611 | 2025 | down 125.0% | falling |
| 199 | Liberia | -0.6414 | 2025 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Brazil | -0.6698 | 2025 | down 80.3% | rising |
| 201 | Thailand | -0.7025 | 2025 | down 1,913.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Nigeria | -0.7407 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 203 | Sudan | -0.7923 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 204 | Angola | -0.8062 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 205 | Sierra Leone | -0.8097 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 206 | Seychelles | -0.822 | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 207 | Mozambique | -0.8282 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 208 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.8472 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 209 | Honduras | -0.8568 | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 210 | Iraq | -0.9536 | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 211 | Mali | -0.9595 | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 212 | Myanmar | -1.07 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 213 | Tanzania | -1.08 | 2025 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 214 | Paraguay | -1.15 | 2025 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 215 | Uganda | -1.19 | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 216 | Benin | -1.19 | 2025 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 217 | Puerto Rico | -1.19 | 2025 | down 791.8% | volatile |
| 218 | Madagascar | -1.25 | 2025 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 219 | Guinea | -1.38 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 220 | Somalia | -1.57 | 2025 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 221 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -2 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 222 | Malawi | -2.07 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 223 | Cote d'Ivoire | -2.14 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 224 | Gambia | -3.12 | 2025 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 225 | Chad | -3.54 | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 226 | Burkina Faso | -3.7 | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 227 | Cambodia | -4.87 | 2025 | down 23.8% | volatile |