Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Samoa
Samoa: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods was -480 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Samoa, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Samoa is -480 hectares, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Samoa peaked at -480 hectares in 2016 and was at its lowest, -481 hectares, in 1991.
Samoa ranks 161st of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -481 hectares | -481 hectares | -481 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -481 hectares | -481 hectares | -481 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -480.1 hectares | -481 hectares | -480 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -480 hectares | -480 hectares | -480 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More environment data for Samoa
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.5216 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.097 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0061 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1342 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0288 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Samoa?
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Samoa was -480 hectares 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 change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was -480 hectares in 2016.
- What is the lowest change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was -481 hectares in 1991.
- How does Samoa rank for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Samoa ranks 161st out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa 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 Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.