Morocco vs Spain: Annual afforestation
Morocco
2,470 hectares per year
in 2020
Spain
2,800 hectares per year
in 2020
Morocco rank
33rd
Spain rank
32nd
Annual afforestation over time
- Morocco
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 2,800 hectares per year against 2,470 hectares per year in Morocco, a difference of 330 hectares per year.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Morocco's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Spain ahead.
Morocco ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 32nd of 106 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,100 hectares per year | 74,620 hectares per year | 68,520 hectares per year | Spain |
| 2000s | 650 hectares per year | 20,910 hectares per year | 20,260 hectares per year | Spain |
| 2010s | 2,875 hectares per year | 3,350 hectares per year | 475 hectares per year | Spain |
| 2020s | 2,470 hectares per year | 2,800 hectares per year | 330 hectares per year | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Morocco or Spain?
- Spain, at 2,800 hectares per year against 2,470 hectares per year in Morocco as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Morocco and Spain?
- 330 hectares per year, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Spain?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Morocco and Spain rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Morocco ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 32nd 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.