Dataset
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
owid.change-forest-vs-gdp
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About
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation. Average economic output per person in a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries. Regions defined by Our World in Data, which are used in OWID charts and maps.
Cite as: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Annual forest change” [dataset]. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1990–2025
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2026-07-27
- Units
- %; international-$ in 2021 prices
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/change-forest-vs-gdp
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| annual_change_forest_area_share | number | Annual forest change (%) |
| ny_gdp_pcap_pp_kd | number | GDP per capita (international-$ in 2021 prices) |
| owid_region | text | World region according to OWID |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |