Bulgaria vs Czechia: Annual forest expansion

Bulgaria
12,600 hectares per year
in 2020
Czechia
11,680 hectares per year
in 2020
Bulgaria rank
26th
Czechia rank
27th

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Czechia
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 12,600 hectares per year against 11,680 hectares per year in Czechia, a difference of 920 hectares per year.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Czechia's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Bulgaria has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 26th and Czechia ranks 27th of 110 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Czechia Difference Ahead
1990s 4,800 hectares per year 3,360 hectares per year 1,440 hectares per year Bulgaria
2000s 36,200 hectares per year 3,360 hectares per year 32,840 hectares per year Bulgaria
2010s 15,600 hectares per year 7,520 hectares per year 8,080 hectares per year Bulgaria
2020s 12,600 hectares per year 11,680 hectares per year 920 hectares per year Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Bulgaria or Czechia?
Bulgaria, at 12,600 hectares per year against 11,680 hectares per year in Czechia as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Bulgaria and Czechia?
920 hectares per year, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Czechia?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Bulgaria and Czechia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Bulgaria ranks 26th and Czechia ranks 27th 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

Indicator
Annual forest expansion
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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).