Cuba vs Panama: Annual forest expansion
Cuba
2,190 hectares per year
in 2020
Panama
2,420 hectares per year
in 2020
Cuba rank
55th
Panama rank
53rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Cuba
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 2,420 hectares per year against 2,190 hectares per year in Cuba, a difference of 230 hectares per year.
That makes Panama'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 Panama ranks 53rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 3 and Panama in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38,700 hectares per year | 2,420 hectares per year | 36,280 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2000s | 51,040 hectares per year | 2,310 hectares per year | 48,730 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2010s | 40,210 hectares per year | 980 hectares per year | 39,230 hectares per year | Cuba |
| 2020s | 2,190 hectares per year | 2,420 hectares per year | 230 hectares per year | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Cuba or Panama?
- Panama, at 2,420 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 Panama?
- 230 hectares per year, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Panama?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Cuba and Panama rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Cuba ranks 55th and Panama ranks 53rd 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).