Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Sudan
Sudan: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -0.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Sudan, 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 Sudan stood at -0.8%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Sudan peaked at -0.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.8%, in 2025.
Sudan ranks 203rd 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 | -0.6% | -0.7% | -0.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.7% | -0.8% | -0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More environment data for Sudan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 138.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.75 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 64.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 7.52 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0272 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 84.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0038 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0726 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 9.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Sudan?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Sudan was -0.8% 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was -0.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8% in 2025.
- How does Sudan rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Sudan ranks 203rd out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan 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.