Argentina vs Kazakhstan: Annual afforestation

Argentina
15,800 hectares per year
in 2020
Kazakhstan
22,200 hectares per year
in 2020
Argentina rank
10th
Kazakhstan rank
8th

Annual afforestation over time

  • Argentina
  • Kazakhstan
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How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 22,200 hectares per year against 15,800 hectares per year in Argentina, a difference of 6,400 hectares per year.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 1.4 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 10th and Kazakhstan ranks 8th of 106 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and Kazakhstan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1990s 31,100 hectares per year 15,000 hectares per year 16,100 hectares per year Argentina
2000s 11,300 hectares per year 50,000 hectares per year 38,700 hectares per year Kazakhstan
2010s 10,800 hectares per year 54,455 hectares per year 43,655 hectares per year Kazakhstan
2020s 15,800 hectares per year 22,200 hectares per year 6,400 hectares per year Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual afforestation, Argentina or Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan, at 22,200 hectares per year against 15,800 hectares per year in Argentina as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual afforestation between Argentina and Kazakhstan?
6,400 hectares per year, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Kazakhstan?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Argentina and Kazakhstan rank globally for annual afforestation?
Argentina ranks 10th and Kazakhstan ranks 8th of 106 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual afforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual afforestation
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 530 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.