Egypt vs Sweden: Annual forest expansion
Egypt
30 hectares per year
in 2020
Sweden
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Egypt rank
70th
Sweden rank
73rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Egypt
- Sweden
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 30 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Sweden, a difference of 30 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.
Egypt ranks 70th and Sweden ranks 73rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 21,490 hectares per year | 21,490 hectares per year | Sweden |
| 2000s | 170 hectares per year | 11,820 hectares per year | 11,650 hectares per year | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0 hectares per year | 51,450 hectares per year | 51,450 hectares per year | Sweden |
| 2020s | 30 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 30 hectares per year | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Egypt or Sweden?
- Egypt, at 30 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Sweden as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Egypt and Sweden?
- 30 hectares per year, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sweden?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Egypt and Sweden rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Egypt ranks 70th and Sweden ranks 73rd 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).