Germany vs Hungary: Annual forest expansion

Germany
8,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Hungary
9,030 hectares per year
in 2020
Germany rank
34th
Hungary rank
31st

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Germany
  • Hungary
2.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k15.0k199020052020

How they compare

Hungary currently reports 9,030 hectares per year against 8,000 hectares per year in Germany, a difference of 1,030 hectares per year.

That makes Hungary's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 34th and Hungary ranks 31st of 110 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Hungary in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany Hungary Difference Ahead
1990s 12,200 hectares per year 11,560 hectares per year 640 hectares per year Germany
2000s 11,330 hectares per year 14,020 hectares per year 2,690 hectares per year Hungary
2010s 9,840 hectares per year 3,435 hectares per year 6,405 hectares per year Germany
2020s 8,000 hectares per year 9,030 hectares per year 1,030 hectares per year Hungary

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Germany or Hungary?
Hungary, at 9,030 hectares per year against 8,000 hectares per year in Germany as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Germany and Hungary?
1,030 hectares per year, with Hungary ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Hungary?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Germany and Hungary rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Germany ranks 34th and Hungary ranks 31st 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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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
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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).