Ethiopia vs Spain: Annual forest expansion
Ethiopia
34,280 hectares per year
in 2020
Spain
34,400 hectares per year
in 2020
Ethiopia rank
17th
Spain rank
16th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Ethiopia
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 34,400 hectares per year against 34,280 hectares per year in Ethiopia, a difference of 120 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Spain ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 17th and Spain ranks 16th of 110 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,930 hectares per year | 318,930 hectares per year | 300,000 hectares per year | Spain |
| 2000s | 18,930 hectares per year | 152,930 hectares per year | 134,000 hectares per year | Spain |
| 2010s | 28,140 hectares per year | 44,445 hectares per year | 16,305 hectares per year | Spain |
| 2020s | 34,280 hectares per year | 34,400 hectares per year | 120 hectares per year | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Ethiopia or Spain?
- Spain, at 34,400 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 Spain?
- 120 hectares per year, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Spain?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Ethiopia and Spain rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Ethiopia ranks 17th and Spain ranks 16th 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).