Algeria vs Poland: Annual forest expansion
Algeria
8,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Poland
7,790 hectares per year
in 2020
Algeria rank
34th
Poland rank
37th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Algeria
- Poland
How they compare
Algeria currently reports 8,000 hectares per year against 7,790 hectares per year in Poland, a difference of 210 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 34th and Poland ranks 37th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 3 and Poland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,030 hectares per year | 18,210 hectares per year | 11,820 hectares per year | Algeria |
| 2000s | 27,370 hectares per year | 27,580 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | Poland |
| 2010s | 22,005 hectares per year | 14,615 hectares per year | 7,390 hectares per year | Algeria |
| 2020s | 8,000 hectares per year | 7,790 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Algeria or Poland?
- Algeria, at 8,000 hectares per year against 7,790 hectares per year in Poland as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Algeria and Poland?
- 210 hectares per year, with Algeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Poland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Algeria and Poland rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Algeria ranks 34th and Poland ranks 37th 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).