Cyprus vs Djibouti: Annual afforestation
Cyprus
30 hectares per year
in 2020
Djibouti
50 hectares per year
in 2020
Cyprus rank
61st
Djibouti rank
60th
Annual afforestation over time
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
How they compare
Djibouti currently reports 50 hectares per year against 30 hectares per year in Cyprus, a difference of 20 hectares per year.
That makes Djibouti's figure about 1.7 times Cyprus's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cyprus ahead.
Cyprus ranks 61st and Djibouti ranks 60th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 2 and Djibouti in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cyprus | Djibouti | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 260 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 260 hectares per year | Cyprus |
| 2000s | 210 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | Cyprus |
| 2010s | 90 hectares per year | 140 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | Djibouti |
| 2020s | 30 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | 20 hectares per year | Djibouti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Cyprus or Djibouti?
- Djibouti, at 50 hectares per year against 30 hectares per year in Cyprus as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Cyprus and Djibouti?
- 20 hectares per year, with Djibouti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Djibouti?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cyprus and Djibouti rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Cyprus ranks 61st and Djibouti ranks 60th 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.