Colombia vs Liechtenstein: Annual forest expansion
Colombia
140 hectares per year
in 2020
Liechtenstein
400 hectares per year
in 2020
Colombia rank
66th
Liechtenstein rank
64th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Colombia
- Liechtenstein
How they compare
Liechtenstein currently reports 400 hectares per year against 140 hectares per year in Colombia, a difference of 260 hectares per year.
That makes Liechtenstein's figure about 2.9 times Colombia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 66th and Liechtenstein ranks 64th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 3 and Liechtenstein in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Liechtenstein | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,870 hectares per year | 100 hectares per year | 6,770 hectares per year | Colombia |
| 2000s | 24,800 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 24,590 hectares per year | Colombia |
| 2010s | 12,675 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 12,465 hectares per year | Colombia |
| 2020s | 140 hectares per year | 400 hectares per year | 260 hectares per year | Liechtenstein |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Colombia or Liechtenstein?
- Liechtenstein, at 400 hectares per year against 140 hectares per year in Colombia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Colombia and Liechtenstein?
- 260 hectares per year, with Liechtenstein ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Liechtenstein?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Colombia and Liechtenstein rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Colombia ranks 66th and Liechtenstein ranks 64th 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).