Canada vs Tunisia: Annual afforestation
Canada
1,430 hectares per year
in 2020
Tunisia
1,580 hectares per year
in 2020
Canada rank
43rd
Tunisia rank
41st
Annual afforestation over time
- Canada
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 1,580 hectares per year against 1,430 hectares per year in Canada, a difference of 150 hectares per year.
That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 43rd and Tunisia ranks 41st of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Tunisia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,330 hectares per year | 6,710 hectares per year | 620 hectares per year | Canada |
| 2000s | 2,680 hectares per year | 6,300 hectares per year | 3,620 hectares per year | Tunisia |
| 2010s | 1,100 hectares per year | 2,380 hectares per year | 1,280 hectares per year | Tunisia |
| 2020s | 1,430 hectares per year | 1,580 hectares per year | 150 hectares per year | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Canada or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 1,580 hectares per year against 1,430 hectares per year in Canada as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Canada and Tunisia?
- 150 hectares per year, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Tunisia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Canada and Tunisia rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Canada ranks 43rd and Tunisia ranks 41st 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.