Cuba vs Morocco: Annual forest expansion
Cuba
2,190 hectares per year
in 2020
Morocco
2,470 hectares per year
in 2020
Cuba rank
55th
Morocco rank
52nd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Cuba
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 2,470 hectares per year against 2,190 hectares per year in Cuba, a difference of 280 hectares per year.
That makes Morocco's figure about 1.1 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 55th and Morocco ranks 52nd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 3 and Morocco in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38,700 hectares per year | 6,100 hectares per year | 32,600 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2000s | 51,040 hectares per year | 650 hectares per year | 50,390 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2010s | 40,210 hectares per year | 2,875 hectares per year | 37,335 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2020s | 2,190 hectares per year | 2,470 hectares per year | 280 hectares per year | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Cuba or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 2,470 hectares per year against 2,190 hectares per year in Cuba as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Cuba and Morocco?
- 280 hectares per year, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Morocco?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cuba and Morocco rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Cuba ranks 55th and Morocco ranks 52nd 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).