Bhutan vs Brazil: Annual forest expansion
Bhutan
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Brazil
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Bhutan rank
73rd
Brazil rank
73rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Bhutan
- Brazil
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Brazil, a difference of 0 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.
Bhutan ranks 73rd and Brazil ranks 73rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Brazil in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,930 hectares per year | 661,480 hectares per year | 651,550 hectares per year | Brazil |
| 2000s | 10,120 hectares per year | 1.46 million hectares per year | 1.45 million hectares per year | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1,575 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1,575 hectares per year | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Bhutan or Brazil?
- Bhutan, at 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Brazil as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Bhutan and Brazil?
- 0 hectares per year, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Brazil?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Bhutan and Brazil rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Bhutan ranks 73rd and Brazil ranks 73rd 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).