Colombia vs Comoros: Annual forest expansion
Colombia
140 hectares per year
in 2020
Comoros
100 hectares per year
in 2020
Colombia rank
66th
Comoros rank
67th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Colombia
- Comoros
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 140 hectares per year against 100 hectares per year in Comoros, a difference of 40 hectares per year.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.4 times Comoros's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 66th and Comoros ranks 67th of 110 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Comoros | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,870 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 6,870 hectares per year | Colombia |
| 2000s | 24,800 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 24,800 hectares per year | Colombia |
| 2010s | 12,675 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | 12,625 hectares per year | Colombia |
| 2020s | 140 hectares per year | 100 hectares per year | 40 hectares per year | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Colombia or Comoros?
- Colombia, at 140 hectares per year against 100 hectares per year in Comoros as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Colombia and Comoros?
- 40 hectares per year, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Comoros?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Colombia and Comoros rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Colombia ranks 66th and Comoros ranks 67th 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).