Chile vs Senegal: Annual forest expansion
Chile
6,150 hectares per year
in 2020
Senegal
5,920 hectares per year
in 2020
Chile rank
42nd
Senegal rank
43rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Chile
- Senegal
How they compare
Chile currently reports 6,150 hectares per year against 5,920 hectares per year in Senegal, a difference of 230 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 42nd and Senegal ranks 43rd of 110 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71,470 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 65,550 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2000s | 75,570 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 69,650 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2010s | 25,145 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 19,225 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2020s | 6,150 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 230 hectares per year | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Chile or Senegal?
- Chile, at 6,150 hectares per year against 5,920 hectares per year in Senegal as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Chile and Senegal?
- 230 hectares per year, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Senegal?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Chile and Senegal rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Chile ranks 42nd and Senegal ranks 43rd 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).