Austria vs Germany: Annual forest expansion
Austria
7,950 hectares per year
in 2020
Germany
8,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Austria rank
36th
Germany rank
34th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Austria
- Germany
How they compare
Germany 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, Germany has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 36th and Germany ranks 34th of 110 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,710 hectares per year | 12,200 hectares per year | 490 hectares per year | Germany |
| 2000s | 10,000 hectares per year | 11,330 hectares per year | 1,330 hectares per year | Germany |
| 2010s | 7,950 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 1,890 hectares per year | Germany |
| 2020s | 7,950 hectares per year | 8,000 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Austria or Germany?
- Germany, 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 Austria and Germany?
- 50 hectares per year, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Germany?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Austria and Germany rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Austria ranks 36th and Germany ranks 34th 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).