Algeria vs Austria: Annual forest expansion
Algeria
8,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Austria
7,950 hectares per year
in 2020
Algeria rank
34th
Austria rank
36th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Algeria
- Austria
How they compare
Algeria currently reports 8,000 hectares per year against 7,950 hectares per year in Austria, a difference of 50 hectares per year.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Algeria has been ahead every year.
Algeria ranks 34th and Austria ranks 36th of 110 countries.
Algeria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Austria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,030 hectares per year | 11,710 hectares per year | 18,320 hectares per year | Algeria |
| 2000s | 27,370 hectares per year | 10,000 hectares per year | 17,370 hectares per year | Algeria |
| 2010s | 22,005 hectares per year | 7,950 hectares per year | 14,055 hectares per year | Algeria |
| 2020s | 8,000 hectares per year | 7,950 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Algeria or Austria?
- Algeria, at 8,000 hectares per year against 7,950 hectares per year in Austria as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Algeria and Austria?
- 50 hectares per year, with Algeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Austria?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Algeria and Austria rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Algeria ranks 34th and Austria ranks 36th of 110 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 forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).