Denmark vs Norway: Annual forest expansion
Denmark
4,260 hectares per year
in 2020
Norway
4,620 hectares per year
in 2020
Denmark rank
50th
Norway rank
48th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Denmark
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 4,620 hectares per year against 4,260 hectares per year in Denmark, a difference of 360 hectares per year.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 50th and Norway ranks 48th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,050 hectares per year | 2,850 hectares per year | 1,200 hectares per year | Denmark |
| 2000s | 1,670 hectares per year | 1,650 hectares per year | 20 hectares per year | Denmark |
| 2010s | 4,635 hectares per year | 4,115 hectares per year | 520 hectares per year | Denmark |
| 2020s | 4,260 hectares per year | 4,620 hectares per year | 360 hectares per year | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Denmark or Norway?
- Norway, at 4,620 hectares per year against 4,260 hectares per year in Denmark as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Denmark and Norway?
- 360 hectares per year, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Norway?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Denmark and Norway rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Denmark ranks 50th and Norway ranks 48th 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).