Denmark vs Germany: Annual afforestation

Denmark

4,260 hectares per year

in 2020

Germany

6,000 hectares per year

in 2020

Denmark rank

27th

Germany rank

25th

Annual afforestation over time

Germany currently reports 6,000 hectares per year against 4,260 hectares per year in Denmark, a difference of 1,740 hectares per year.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.4 times Denmark's.

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

Denmark ranks 27th and Germany ranks 25th 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.