Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -0.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded -0.0% for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
The figure is up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at -0.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 2010.
That places Papua New Guinea 148th out of 227 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.1% | — |
| 1992 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | -0.0% | -79.0% |
| 2012 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | -0.1% | +357.6% |
| 2017 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | -0.0% | -82.2% |
| 2022 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | -0.0% | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's -0.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.0%, 38% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Papua New Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -357.6% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | +82.2% | -0.1% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | +79.0% | -0.1% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.0% | -0.1% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.0% | -0.1% | -0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9266 % 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 0.6032 % 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 Papua New Guinea?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was -0.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 2010.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 148th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.