Czechia vs United Kingdom: Annual forest expansion
Czechia
11,680 hectares per year
in 2020
United Kingdom
13,400 hectares per year
in 2020
Czechia rank
27th
United Kingdom rank
25th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Czechia
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 13,400 hectares per year against 11,680 hectares per year in Czechia, a difference of 1,720 hectares per year.
That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Czechia's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.
Czechia ranks 27th and United Kingdom ranks 25th of 110 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,360 hectares per year | 18,300 hectares per year | 14,940 hectares per year | United Kingdom |
| 2000s | 3,360 hectares per year | 11,000 hectares per year | 7,640 hectares per year | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 7,520 hectares per year | 13,750 hectares per year | 6,230 hectares per year | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 11,680 hectares per year | 13,400 hectares per year | 1,720 hectares per year | United Kingdom |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Czechia or United Kingdom?
- United Kingdom, at 13,400 hectares per year against 11,680 hectares per year in Czechia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Czechia and United Kingdom?
- 1,720 hectares per year, with United Kingdom ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and United Kingdom?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Czechia and United Kingdom rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Czechia ranks 27th 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).