Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Martinique
Martinique: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was 0.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Martinique, 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 Martinique stood at 0.1%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 63.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Martinique peaked at 0.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
Martinique ranks 51st of 227 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Martinique, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.2% | — |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +71.7% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +28.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -62.1% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Martinique 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 | +71.7% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| 2021 | -62.1% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| 2011 | +28.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Martinique
- 48 North Korea 0.1% compare
- 49 Egypt 0.1% compare
- 50 Switzerland 0.1% compare
- 52 Italy 0.1% compare
- 53 Lithuania 0.1% compare
- 54 El Salvador 0.1% compare
More environment data for Martinique
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.63 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.2 °C (2025)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 19,084 1000 USD (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 29.54 % (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 107.58 1000 USD (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.05 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Martinique?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Martinique was 0.1% 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 Martinique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Martinique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does Martinique rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Martinique ranks 51st out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Martinique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Martinique 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.