Chile vs Nicaragua: Annual forest expansion
Chile
6,150 hectares per year
in 2020
Nicaragua
6,740 hectares per year
in 2020
Chile rank
42nd
Nicaragua rank
41st
Annual forest expansion over time
- Chile
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 6,740 hectares per year against 6,150 hectares per year in Chile, a difference of 590 hectares per year.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 42nd and Nicaragua ranks 41st of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71,470 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 71,470 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2000s | 75,570 hectares per year | 2,610 hectares per year | 72,960 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2010s | 25,145 hectares per year | 7,205 hectares per year | 17,940 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2020s | 6,150 hectares per year | 6,740 hectares per year | 590 hectares per year | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Chile or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 6,740 hectares per year against 6,150 hectares per year in Chile as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Chile and Nicaragua?
- 590 hectares per year, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Nicaragua?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Chile and Nicaragua rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Chile ranks 42nd and Nicaragua ranks 41st 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).