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Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015

2015, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015 covers 193 countries. Iceland is highest, at 3.40; Benin is lowest, at -3.16. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2000, 159 values changed (69 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Annual Forest Area Change Rate · Data for 2015

HighestIceland

3.40

LowestBenin

-3.16

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 193 countries · select a heading to sort

Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
IcelandISLNorthern Europe3.40
BurundiBDIEastern Africa2.47
UruguayURYSouth America2.13
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe1.87
CubaCUBCaribbean1.78
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1.44
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.34
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.21
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia1.21
RwandaRWAEastern Africa1.19
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1.19
ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.16
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa1.13
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.90
BulgariaBGREastern Europe0.85
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe0.77
JamaicaJAMCaribbean0.71
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.67
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean0.66
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.65
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia0.59
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.59
GhanaGHAWestern Africa0.56
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.56
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.54

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Iceland3.40
  2. Burundi2.47
  3. Uruguay2.13
  4. Montenegro1.87
  5. Cuba1.78

Lowest

  1. Benin-3.16
  2. Burkina Faso-2.39
  3. Côte d’Ivoire-2.15
  4. Paraguay-1.92
  5. Gambia-1.83

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2015

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 193 in both
  • 69 · 90rose · fell
  • 34unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.

  • 115 distinct values among 193

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 25 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 193 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2015). Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area-change/2015

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07Questions

Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area change in Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015?

Iceland, at 3.40, of the 193 countries in the file.

What year does Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015 cover?

193.

Where can I download Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2015 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Annual Forest Area Change Rate, 2025.

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