Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Madagascar
Madagascar: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -1.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Madagascar, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded -1.3% for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar peaked at -0.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -1.4%, in 2015.
Madagascar ranks 218th of 227 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.8% | -0.9% | -0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.2% | -1.4% | -0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.2% | -1.3% | -1.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More environment data for Madagascar
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 35.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.12 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 17.89 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 3.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0204 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 25.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0078 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar was -1.3% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was -0.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.4% in 2015.
- How does Madagascar rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Madagascar ranks 218th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.