Chile vs El Salvador: Annual forest expansion
Chile
6,150 hectares per year
in 2020
El Salvador
5,780 hectares per year
in 2020
Chile rank
42nd
El Salvador rank
45th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Chile
- El Salvador
How they compare
Chile currently reports 6,150 hectares per year against 5,780 hectares per year in El Salvador, a difference of 370 hectares per year.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 42nd and El Salvador ranks 45th of 110 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71,470 hectares per year | 6,930 hectares per year | 64,540 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2000s | 75,570 hectares per year | 6,930 hectares per year | 68,640 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2010s | 25,145 hectares per year | 5,395 hectares per year | 19,750 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2020s | 6,150 hectares per year | 5,780 hectares per year | 370 hectares per year | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Chile or El Salvador?
- Chile, at 6,150 hectares per year against 5,780 hectares per year in El Salvador as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Chile and El Salvador?
- 370 hectares per year, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and El Salvador?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Chile and El Salvador rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Chile ranks 42nd and El Salvador ranks 45th 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).