Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in East Timor
East Timor: 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 East Timor, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
East Timor recorded -0.1% for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in East Timor peaked at -0.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 2020.
That places East Timor 162nd 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.
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 | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More environment data for East Timor
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.8314 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0702 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1033 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in East Timor?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in East Timor 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was -0.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 2020.
- How does East Timor rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- East Timor ranks 162nd out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor 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.