Democratic Republic of Congo vs Estonia: Annual afforestation

Democratic Republic of Congo

610 hectares per year

in 2020

Estonia

970 hectares per year

in 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

48th

Estonia rank

46th

Annual afforestation over time

Estonia currently reports 970 hectares per year against 610 hectares per year in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 360 hectares per year.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.6 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Estonia has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 48th and Estonia ranks 46th of 106 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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