Gabon vs Romania: Annual forest expansion
Gabon
4,970 hectares per year
in 2020
Romania
5,640 hectares per year
in 2020
Gabon rank
47th
Romania rank
46th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Gabon
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 5,640 hectares per year against 4,970 hectares per year in Gabon, a difference of 670 hectares per year.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Gabon ahead.
Gabon ranks 47th and Romania ranks 46th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,250 hectares per year | 1,230 hectares per year | 4,020 hectares per year | Gabon |
| 2000s | 11,980 hectares per year | 15,080 hectares per year | 3,100 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2010s | 2,955 hectares per year | 41,470 hectares per year | 38,515 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2020s | 4,970 hectares per year | 5,640 hectares per year | 670 hectares per year | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Gabon or Romania?
- Romania, at 5,640 hectares per year against 4,970 hectares per year in Gabon as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Gabon and Romania?
- 670 hectares per year, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Romania?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Gabon and Romania rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Gabon ranks 47th and Romania ranks 46th 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).