Hungary vs Venezuela: Annual forest expansion

Hungary
9,030 hectares per year
in 2020
Venezuela
10,810 hectares per year
in 2020
Hungary rank
31st
Venezuela rank
29th

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Hungary
  • Venezuela
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How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 10,810 hectares per year against 9,030 hectares per year in Hungary, a difference of 1,780 hectares per year.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.2 times Hungary's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Venezuela has been ahead every year.

Hungary ranks 31st and Venezuela ranks 29th of 110 countries.

Venezuela has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Venezuela Difference Ahead
1990s 11,560 hectares per year 35,800 hectares per year 24,240 hectares per year Venezuela
2000s 14,020 hectares per year 20,200 hectares per year 6,180 hectares per year Venezuela
2010s 3,435 hectares per year 12,650 hectares per year 9,215 hectares per year Venezuela
2020s 9,030 hectares per year 10,810 hectares per year 1,780 hectares per year Venezuela

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Hungary or Venezuela?
Venezuela, at 10,810 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 Venezuela?
1,780 hectares per year, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Venezuela?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Hungary and Venezuela rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Hungary ranks 31st and Venezuela ranks 29th 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).