Bulgaria vs Congo: Annual forest expansion
Bulgaria
12,600 hectares per year
in 2020
Congo
14,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Bulgaria rank
26th
Congo rank
24th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Bulgaria
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 14,000 hectares per year against 12,600 hectares per year in Bulgaria, a difference of 1,400 hectares per year.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 26th and Congo ranks 24th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Congo in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,800 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 4,800 hectares per year | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 36,200 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 36,200 hectares per year | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 15,600 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 15,600 hectares per year | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 12,600 hectares per year | 14,000 hectares per year | 1,400 hectares per year | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Bulgaria or Congo?
- Congo, at 14,000 hectares per year against 12,600 hectares per year in Bulgaria as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Bulgaria and Congo?
- 1,400 hectares per year, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Congo?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Bulgaria and Congo rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Bulgaria ranks 26th and Congo ranks 24th 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).