Germany vs Poland: Annual forest expansion
Germany
8,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Poland
7,790 hectares per year
in 2020
Germany rank
34th
Poland rank
37th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Germany
- Poland
How they compare
Germany currently reports 8,000 hectares per year against 7,790 hectares per year in Poland, a difference of 210 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Poland ahead.
Germany ranks 34th and Poland ranks 37th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 1 and Poland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,200 hectares per year | 18,210 hectares per year | 6,010 hectares per year | Poland |
| 2000s | 11,330 hectares per year | 27,580 hectares per year | 16,250 hectares per year | Poland |
| 2010s | 9,840 hectares per year | 14,615 hectares per year | 4,775 hectares per year | Poland |
| 2020s | 8,000 hectares per year | 7,790 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Germany or Poland?
- Germany, at 8,000 hectares per year against 7,790 hectares per year in Poland as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Germany and Poland?
- 210 hectares per year, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Poland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Germany and Poland rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Germany ranks 34th and Poland ranks 37th 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).