Cape Verde vs Romania: Annual afforestation
Cape Verde
610 hectares per year
in 2020
Romania
480 hectares per year
in 2020
Cape Verde rank
48th
Romania rank
51st
Annual afforestation over time
- Cape Verde
- Romania
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 610 hectares per year against 480 hectares per year in Romania, a difference of 130 hectares per year.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.3 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 48th and Romania ranks 51st of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,400 hectares per year | 1,230 hectares per year | 1,170 hectares per year | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 300 hectares per year | 2,760 hectares per year | 2,460 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2010s | 610 hectares per year | 790 hectares per year | 180 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2020s | 610 hectares per year | 480 hectares per year | 130 hectares per year | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Cape Verde or Romania?
- Cape Verde, at 610 hectares per year against 480 hectares per year in Romania as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Cape Verde and Romania?
- 130 hectares per year, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Romania?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cape Verde and Romania rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Cape Verde ranks 48th and Romania ranks 51st 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
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.