Croatia vs Iceland: Annual forest expansion
Croatia
1,460 hectares per year
in 2020
Iceland
960 hectares per year
in 2020
Croatia rank
60th
Iceland rank
62nd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Croatia
- Iceland
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 1,460 hectares per year against 960 hectares per year in Iceland, a difference of 500 hectares per year.
That makes Croatia's figure about 1.5 times Iceland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Croatia ahead.
Croatia ranks 60th and Iceland ranks 62nd of 110 countries.
Croatia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,540 hectares per year | 1,430 hectares per year | 2,110 hectares per year | Croatia |
| 2000s | 3,830 hectares per year | 1,650 hectares per year | 2,180 hectares per year | Croatia |
| 2010s | 1,980 hectares per year | 795 hectares per year | 1,185 hectares per year | Croatia |
| 2020s | 1,460 hectares per year | 960 hectares per year | 500 hectares per year | Croatia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Croatia or Iceland?
- Croatia, at 1,460 hectares per year against 960 hectares per year in Iceland as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Croatia and Iceland?
- 500 hectares per year, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Iceland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Croatia and Iceland rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Croatia ranks 60th and Iceland ranks 62nd 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).