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
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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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).