Canada vs Guatemala: Annual forest expansion
Canada
40,700 hectares per year
in 2020
Guatemala
47,910 hectares per year
in 2020
Canada rank
13th
Guatemala rank
10th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Canada
- Guatemala
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 47,910 hectares per year against 40,700 hectares per year in Canada, a difference of 7,210 hectares per year.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guatemala ahead.
Canada ranks 13th and Guatemala ranks 10th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Guatemala in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,330 hectares per year | 17,100 hectares per year | 9,770 hectares per year | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 563,460 hectares per year | 36,480 hectares per year | 526,980 hectares per year | Canada |
| 2010s | 395,595 hectares per year | 77,065 hectares per year | 318,530 hectares per year | Canada |
| 2020s | 40,700 hectares per year | 47,910 hectares per year | 7,210 hectares per year | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Canada or Guatemala?
- Guatemala, at 47,910 hectares per year against 40,700 hectares per year in Canada as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Canada and Guatemala?
- 7,210 hectares per year, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Guatemala?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Canada and Guatemala rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Canada ranks 13th and Guatemala ranks 10th 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).