Italy vs Turkey: Annual afforestation
Italy
46,790 hectares per year
in 2020
Turkey
83,300 hectares per year
in 2020
Italy rank
5th
Turkey rank
3rd
Annual afforestation over time
- Italy
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 83,300 hectares per year against 46,790 hectares per year in Italy, a difference of 36,510 hectares per year.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.8 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 5th and Turkey ranks 3rd of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Turkey in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43,240 hectares per year | 24,800 hectares per year | 18,440 hectares per year | Italy |
| 2000s | 45,100 hectares per year | 62,910 hectares per year | 17,810 hectares per year | Turkey |
| 2010s | 46,185 hectares per year | 79,280 hectares per year | 33,095 hectares per year | Turkey |
| 2020s | 46,790 hectares per year | 83,300 hectares per year | 36,510 hectares per year | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Italy or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 83,300 hectares per year against 46,790 hectares per year in Italy as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Italy and Turkey?
- 36,510 hectares per year, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Turkey?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Italy and Turkey rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Italy ranks 5th and Turkey ranks 3rd 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.