Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was 0.0% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
0.0%
World rank
84th
of 227 countries
All-time high
0.0%
in 1991
All-time low
0.0%
in 1991
Years of data
35
1991–2025
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Afghanistan, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Afghanistan stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Afghanistan peaked at 0.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1991.
Afghanistan ranks 84th of 227 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
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More environment data for Afghanistan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 33.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.7746 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 12.48 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2033 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0094 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 16.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0035 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Afghanistan?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Afghanistan 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1991.
- How does Afghanistan rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Afghanistan ranks 84th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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.