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
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
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).