Sweden vs Yemen: Annual afforestation

Sweden
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Yemen
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Sweden rank
67th
Yemen rank
67th

Annual afforestation over time

  • Sweden
  • Yemen
020.0k40.0k60.0k199020052020

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Yemen, a difference of 0 hectares per year.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 67th and Yemen ranks 67th of 106 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 8,870 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 8,870 hectares per year Sweden
2000s 11,820 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 11,820 hectares per year Sweden
2010s 32,500 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 32,500 hectares per year Sweden
2020s 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual afforestation, Sweden or Yemen?
Sweden, at 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Yemen as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual afforestation between Sweden and Yemen?
0 hectares per year, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Yemen?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Sweden and Yemen rank globally for annual afforestation?
Sweden ranks 67th and Yemen ranks 67th 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

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

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