Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Argentina
Argentina: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -0.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Argentina, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Argentina recorded -0.4% for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Argentina peaked at -0.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.7%, in 2010.
Argentina ranks 191st of 227 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.5% | — |
| 1992 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | -0.7% | +46.8% |
| 2002 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | -0.5% | -30.5% |
| 2012 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | -0.4% | -25.8% |
| 2017 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | -0.4% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's -0.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0%, 28.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Argentina 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 | -46.8% | -0.5% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | +30.5% | -0.7% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | +25.8% | -0.5% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -0.7% | -0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.4% | -0.4% | -0.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More environment data for Argentina
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.78 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.8814 % 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 0.8286 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Argentina?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Argentina was -0.4% 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was -0.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7% in 2010.
- How does Argentina rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Argentina ranks 191st out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.