Canada vs Kazakhstan: Annual forest expansion
Canada
40,700 hectares per year
in 2020
Kazakhstan
35,800 hectares per year
in 2020
Canada rank
13th
Kazakhstan rank
15th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Canada
- Kazakhstan
How they compare
Canada currently reports 40,700 hectares per year against 35,800 hectares per year in Kazakhstan, a difference of 4,900 hectares per year.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Kazakhstan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kazakhstan ahead.
Canada ranks 13th and Kazakhstan ranks 15th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and Kazakhstan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Kazakhstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,330 hectares per year | 15,000 hectares per year | 7,670 hectares per year | Kazakhstan |
| 2000s | 563,460 hectares per year | 50,000 hectares per year | 513,460 hectares per year | Canada |
| 2010s | 395,595 hectares per year | 62,755 hectares per year | 332,840 hectares per year | Canada |
| 2020s | 40,700 hectares per year | 35,800 hectares per year | 4,900 hectares per year | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Canada or Kazakhstan?
- Canada, at 40,700 hectares per year against 35,800 hectares per year in Kazakhstan as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Canada and Kazakhstan?
- 4,900 hectares per year, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Kazakhstan?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Canada and Kazakhstan rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Canada ranks 13th and Kazakhstan ranks 15th 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).