Hungary vs Uganda: Annual forest expansion

Hungary
9,030 hectares per year
in 2020
Uganda
9,840 hectares per year
in 2020
Hungary rank
31st
Uganda rank
30th

Annual forest expansion over time

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

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 9,840 hectares per year against 9,030 hectares per year in Hungary, a difference of 810 hectares per year.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Hungary ahead.

Hungary ranks 31st and Uganda ranks 30th of 110 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Uganda Difference Ahead
1990s 11,560 hectares per year 9,840 hectares per year 1,720 hectares per year Hungary
2000s 14,020 hectares per year 9,840 hectares per year 4,180 hectares per year Hungary
2010s 3,435 hectares per year 9,840 hectares per year 6,405 hectares per year Uganda
2020s 9,030 hectares per year 9,840 hectares per year 810 hectares per year Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Hungary or Uganda?
Uganda, at 9,840 hectares per year against 9,030 hectares per year in Hungary as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Hungary and Uganda?
810 hectares per year, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Uganda?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Hungary and Uganda rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Hungary ranks 31st and Uganda ranks 30th 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

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
Last refreshed

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).