Ethiopia vs Kazakhstan: Annual forest expansion
Ethiopia
34,280 hectares per year
in 2020
Kazakhstan
35,800 hectares per year
in 2020
Ethiopia rank
17th
Kazakhstan rank
15th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Ethiopia
- Kazakhstan
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 35,800 hectares per year against 34,280 hectares per year in Ethiopia, a difference of 1,520 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 17th and Kazakhstan ranks 15th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 1 and Kazakhstan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Kazakhstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,930 hectares per year | 15,000 hectares per year | 3,930 hectares per year | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 18,930 hectares per year | 50,000 hectares per year | 31,070 hectares per year | Kazakhstan |
| 2010s | 28,140 hectares per year | 62,755 hectares per year | 34,615 hectares per year | Kazakhstan |
| 2020s | 34,280 hectares per year | 35,800 hectares per year | 1,520 hectares per year | Kazakhstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Ethiopia or Kazakhstan?
- Kazakhstan, at 35,800 hectares per year against 34,280 hectares per year in Ethiopia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Ethiopia and Kazakhstan?
- 1,520 hectares per year, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Kazakhstan?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Ethiopia and Kazakhstan rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Ethiopia ranks 17th and Kazakhstan ranks 15th 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).