Denmark vs Switzerland: Annual forest expansion
Denmark
4,260 hectares per year
in 2020
Switzerland
2,880 hectares per year
in 2020
Denmark rank
50th
Switzerland rank
51st
Annual forest expansion over time
- Denmark
- Switzerland
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 4,260 hectares per year against 2,880 hectares per year in Switzerland, a difference of 1,380 hectares per year.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.5 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Switzerland ahead.
Denmark ranks 50th and Switzerland ranks 51st of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,050 hectares per year | 5,970 hectares per year | 1,920 hectares per year | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1,670 hectares per year | 6,510 hectares per year | 4,840 hectares per year | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 4,635 hectares per year | 3,810 hectares per year | 825 hectares per year | Denmark |
| 2020s | 4,260 hectares per year | 2,880 hectares per year | 1,380 hectares per year | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Denmark or Switzerland?
- Denmark, at 4,260 hectares per year against 2,880 hectares per year in Switzerland as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Denmark and Switzerland?
- 1,380 hectares per year, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Switzerland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Denmark and Switzerland rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Denmark ranks 50th and Switzerland ranks 51st 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).