Guatemala vs Italy: Annual forest expansion
Guatemala
47,910 hectares per year
in 2020
Italy
48,920 hectares per year
in 2020
Guatemala rank
10th
Italy rank
9th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Guatemala
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 48,920 hectares per year against 47,910 hectares per year in Guatemala, a difference of 1,010 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.
Guatemala ranks 10th and Italy ranks 9th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,100 hectares per year | 45,210 hectares per year | 28,110 hectares per year | Italy |
| 2000s | 36,480 hectares per year | 47,160 hectares per year | 10,680 hectares per year | Italy |
| 2010s | 77,065 hectares per year | 48,290 hectares per year | 28,775 hectares per year | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 47,910 hectares per year | 48,920 hectares per year | 1,010 hectares per year | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Guatemala or Italy?
- Italy, at 48,920 hectares per year against 47,910 hectares per year in Guatemala as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Guatemala and Italy?
- 1,010 hectares per year, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Italy?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Guatemala and Italy rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Guatemala ranks 10th and Italy ranks 9th 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).