Comoros vs Djibouti: Annual forest expansion

Comoros
100 hectares per year
in 2020
Djibouti
50 hectares per year
in 2020
Comoros rank
67th
Djibouti rank
69th

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Comoros
  • Djibouti
050100150200250199020052020

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 100 hectares per year against 50 hectares per year in Djibouti, a difference of 50 hectares per year.

That makes Comoros's figure about 2.0 times Djibouti's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Djibouti ahead.

Comoros ranks 67th and Djibouti ranks 69th of 110 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 1 and Djibouti in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Djibouti Difference Ahead
1990s 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year
2000s 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year
2010s 50 hectares per year 140 hectares per year 90 hectares per year Djibouti
2020s 100 hectares per year 50 hectares per year 50 hectares per year Comoros

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Comoros or Djibouti?
Comoros, at 100 hectares per year against 50 hectares per year in Djibouti as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Comoros and Djibouti?
50 hectares per year, with Comoros ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Djibouti?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Comoros and Djibouti rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Comoros ranks 67th and Djibouti ranks 69th 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

Indicator
Annual forest expansion
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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).