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
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k199020052020

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

Indicator
Annual forest expansion
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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).