Congo vs United Kingdom: Annual forest expansion
Congo
14,000 hectares per year
in 2020
United Kingdom
13,400 hectares per year
in 2020
Congo rank
24th
United Kingdom rank
25th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Congo
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Congo currently reports 14,000 hectares per year against 13,400 hectares per year in United Kingdom, a difference of 600 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Congo ranks 24th and United Kingdom ranks 25th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 18,300 hectares per year | 18,300 hectares per year | United Kingdom |
| 2000s | 0 hectares per year | 11,000 hectares per year | 11,000 hectares per year | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 0 hectares per year | 13,750 hectares per year | 13,750 hectares per year | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 14,000 hectares per year | 13,400 hectares per year | 600 hectares per year | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Congo or United Kingdom?
- Congo, at 14,000 hectares per year against 13,400 hectares per year in United Kingdom as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Congo and United Kingdom?
- 600 hectares per year, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and United Kingdom?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Congo and United Kingdom rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Congo ranks 24th and United Kingdom ranks 25th 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).