Austria vs Netherlands: Annual forest expansion
Austria
7,950 hectares per year
in 2020
Netherlands
7,290 hectares per year
in 2020
Austria rank
36th
Netherlands rank
38th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Austria
- Netherlands
How they compare
Austria currently reports 7,950 hectares per year against 7,290 hectares per year in Netherlands, a difference of 660 hectares per year.
That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Austria has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 36th and Netherlands ranks 38th of 110 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,710 hectares per year | 2,560 hectares per year | 9,150 hectares per year | Austria |
| 2000s | 10,000 hectares per year | 4,000 hectares per year | 6,000 hectares per year | Austria |
| 2010s | 7,950 hectares per year | 2,955 hectares per year | 4,995 hectares per year | Austria |
| 2020s | 7,950 hectares per year | 7,290 hectares per year | 660 hectares per year | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Austria or Netherlands?
- Austria, at 7,950 hectares per year against 7,290 hectares per year in Netherlands as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Austria and Netherlands?
- 660 hectares per year, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Netherlands?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Austria and Netherlands rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Austria ranks 36th and Netherlands ranks 38th 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).