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
10.0k20.0k30.0k199020052020

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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Indicator
Annual forest expansion
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
110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
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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).