Estonia vs Tunisia: Annual forest expansion

Estonia
2,160 hectares per year
in 2020
Tunisia
1,580 hectares per year
in 2020
Estonia rank
56th
Tunisia rank
58th

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Estonia
  • Tunisia
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 2,160 hectares per year against 1,580 hectares per year in Tunisia, a difference of 580 hectares per year.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.4 times Tunisia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Tunisia ahead.

Estonia ranks 56th and Tunisia ranks 58th of 110 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 3 and Tunisia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia Tunisia Difference Ahead
1990s 3,530 hectares per year 6,710 hectares per year 3,180 hectares per year Tunisia
2000s 13,820 hectares per year 6,300 hectares per year 7,520 hectares per year Estonia
2010s 16,175 hectares per year 2,380 hectares per year 13,795 hectares per year Estonia
2020s 2,160 hectares per year 1,580 hectares per year 580 hectares per year Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Estonia or Tunisia?
Estonia, at 2,160 hectares per year against 1,580 hectares per year in Tunisia as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Estonia and Tunisia?
580 hectares per year, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Tunisia?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Estonia and Tunisia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Estonia ranks 56th and Tunisia ranks 58th 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).