Cape Verde vs Estonia: Annual change in forest area

Cape Verde
620 hectares
in 2025
Estonia
575.98 hectares
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
58th
Estonia rank
59th

Annual change in forest area over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Estonia
05.0k10.0k15.0k199120082025

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 620 hectares against 575.98 hectares in Estonia, a difference of 44.02 hectares.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Estonia ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 58th and Estonia ranks 59th of 235 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Estonia Difference Ahead
1990s 440 hectares 3,299 hectares 2,859 hectares Estonia
2000s 440 hectares 9,072 hectares 8,632 hectares Estonia
2010s 548 hectares 11,307 hectares 10,759 hectares Estonia
2020s 620 hectares 1,228 hectares 608.32 hectares Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual change in forest area, Cape Verde or Estonia?
Cape Verde, at 620 hectares against 575.98 hectares in Estonia as of 2025.
What is the difference in annual change in forest area between Cape Verde and Estonia?
44.02 hectares, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Estonia?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and Estonia rank globally for annual change in forest area?
Cape Verde ranks 58th and Estonia ranks 59th of 235 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 change in forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in forest area
Unit
hectares
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
235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.