environmental2020

Forest expansion

Name: Forest expansion
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: environmental, hectares per year, forest, expansion

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•127 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

48,496.2hectares per year

Median: 2,880.0hectares per year

Countries Covered

127

with available data

Highest

People's Republic of China

1,885,000.0hectares per year

Lowest

Brazil

0.0hectares per year

Top 5 Countries

1People's Republic of China1,885,000.0hectares per year

2Russian Federation839,550.0hectares per year

3United States of America815,360.0hectares per year

4India674,000.0hectares per year

5Australia604,180.0hectares per year

By Region

Oceania340,915.0hectares per year(2 countries)

North America235,505.0hectares per year(4 countries)

Asia188,214.3hectares per year(14 countries)

Other21,812.3hectares per year(69 countries)

Europe10,790.4hectares per year(27 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0hectares per year)High (1,885,000.0hectares per year)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 48,496.2hectares per year)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Asia (14)

Other (69)

Europe (27)

South America (6)

Africa (5)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	People's Republic of China	1,885,000.0hectares per year
2	Russian Federation	839,550.0hectares per year
3	United States of America	815,360.0hectares per year
4	India	674,000.0hectares per year
5	Australia	604,180.0hectares per year
6	Türkiye	117,500.0hectares per year
7	Azerbaijan	106,400.0hectares per year
8	Sudan	89,860.0hectares per year
9	New Zealand	77,650.0hectares per year
10	Paraguay	53,910.0hectares per year
11	Italy	48,920.0hectares per year
12	Guatemala	47,910.0hectares per year
13	Uzbekistan	45,000.0hectares per year
14	Portugal	42,050.0hectares per year
15	Canada	40,700.0hectares per year
16	Serbia	39,680.0hectares per year
17	Mexico	38,050.0hectares per year
18	Kazakhstan	35,800.0hectares per year
19	Spain	34,400.0hectares per year
20	Ethiopia	34,280.0hectares per year
21	Dominican Republic	31,240.0hectares per year
22	Belarus	30,320.0hectares per year
23	Pakistan	21,500.0hectares per year
24	Honduras	20,640.0hectares per year
25	Benin	18,890.0hectares per year
26	Uruguay	18,370.0hectares per year
27	Ecuador	18,130.0hectares per year
28	Bangladesh	17,200.0hectares per year
29	Argentina	15,800.0hectares per year
30	Niger	15,000.0hectares per year
31	Mali	14,540.0hectares per year
32	Republic of the Congo	14,000.0hectares per year
33	United Kingdom	13,400.0hectares per year
34	Bulgaria	12,600.0hectares per year
35	Czech Republic	11,680.0hectares per year
36	Cote d'Ivoire	11,520.0hectares per year
37	Madagascar	10,810.0hectares per year
38	Venezuela	10,810.0hectares per year
39	Uganda	9,840.0hectares per year
40	Hungary	9,030.0hectares per year
41	Burkina Faso	8,050.0hectares per year
42	Costa Rica	8,020.0hectares per year
43	Germany	8,000.0hectares per year
44	Algeria	8,000.0hectares per year
45	Austria	7,950.0hectares per year
46	Poland	7,790.0hectares per year
47	Netherlands	7,290.0hectares per year
48	Latvia	7,150.0hectares per year
49	Togo	7,000.0hectares per year
50	Nicaragua	6,740.0hectares per year
51	Chile	6,150.0hectares per year
52	Senegal	5,920.0hectares per year
53	Ireland	5,910.0hectares per year
54	El Salvador	5,780.0hectares per year
55	Romania	5,640.0hectares per year
56	Gabon	4,970.0hectares per year
57	Ukraine	4,830.0hectares per year
58	Norway	4,620.0hectares per year
59	Jamaica	4,420.0hectares per year
60	Denmark	4,260.0hectares per year
61	Moldova, Republic of	3,310.0hectares per year
62	Lithuania	3,270.0hectares per year
63	Belgium	3,050.0hectares per year
64	Switzerland	2,880.0hectares per year
65	Morocco	2,470.0hectares per year
66	Panama	2,420.0hectares per year
67	Slovenia	2,360.0hectares per year
68	Cuba	2,190.0hectares per year
69	Estonia	2,160.0hectares per year
70	Cameroon	2,000.0hectares per year
71	Tunisia	1,580.0hectares per year
72	Saudi Arabia	1,500.0hectares per year
73	Croatia	1,460.0hectares per year
74	Guinea	1,000.0hectares per year
75	Iceland	960.0hectares per year
76	Democratic Republic of the Congo	610.0hectares per year
77	Angola	410.0hectares per year
78	Liechtenstein	400.0hectares per year
79	Chad	300.0hectares per year
80	Vanuatu	240.0hectares per year
81	Colombia	140.0hectares per year
82	Comoros	100.0hectares per year
83	Kyrgyzstan	60.0hectares per year
84	Djibouti	50.0hectares per year
85	Syrian Arab Republic	30.0hectares per year
86	Egypt	30.0hectares per year
87	Malta	10.0hectares per year
88	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10.0hectares per year
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.0hectares per year
90	Cayman Islands	0.0hectares per year
91	Equatorial Guinea	0.0hectares per year
92	Faroe Islands	0.0hectares per year
93	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.0hectares per year
94	Finland	0.0hectares per year
95	Georgia	0.0hectares per year
96	Republic of The Gambia	0.0hectares per year
97	Gibraltar	0.0hectares per year
98	Greenland	0.0hectares per year
99	Guyana	0.0hectares per year
100	Holy See (Vatican City State)	0.0hectares per year
101	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.0hectares per year
102	Iraq	0.0hectares per year
103	Jordan	0.0hectares per year
104	Kuwait	0.0hectares per year
105	Lebanon	0.0hectares per year
106	Libya	0.0hectares per year
107	Malawi	0.0hectares per year
108	Mauritius	0.0hectares per year
109	Monaco	0.0hectares per year
110	Oman	0.0hectares per year
111	Namibia	0.0hectares per year
112	Nauru	0.0hectares per year
113	Qatar	0.0hectares per year
114	San Marino	0.0hectares per year
115	Singapore	0.0hectares per year
116	Somalia	0.0hectares per year
117	Zimbabwe	0.0hectares per year
118	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0.0hectares per year
119	Sweden	0.0hectares per year
120	Tokelau	0.0hectares per year
121	Jersey	0.0hectares per year
122	Isle of Man	0.0hectares per year
123	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0hectares per year
124	Yemen	0.0hectares per year
125	Bahrain	0.0hectares per year
126	Bhutan	0.0hectares per year
127	Brazil	0.0hectares per year

Showing 127 of 127 countries

Topics

#environmental #hectares per year #forest #expansion

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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