Bulgaria vs Mali: Annual forest expansion
Bulgaria
12,600 hectares per year
in 2020
Mali
14,540 hectares per year
in 2020
Bulgaria rank
26th
Mali rank
23rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Bulgaria
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 14,540 hectares per year against 12,600 hectares per year in Bulgaria, a difference of 1,940 hectares per year.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.2 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 Mali ranks 23rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Mali in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,800 hectares per year | 3,630 hectares per year | 1,170 hectares per year | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 36,200 hectares per year | 44,500 hectares per year | 8,300 hectares per year | Mali |
| 2010s | 15,600 hectares per year | 51,490 hectares per year | 35,890 hectares per year | Mali |
| 2020s | 12,600 hectares per year | 14,540 hectares per year | 1,940 hectares per year | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Bulgaria or Mali?
- Mali, at 14,540 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 Mali?
- 1,940 hectares per year, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Mali?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Bulgaria and Mali rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Bulgaria ranks 26th and Mali ranks 23rd 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).