Iran vs Yemen: Annual forest expansion

Iran
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Yemen
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Iran rank
73rd
Yemen rank
73rd

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Iran
  • Yemen
00.20.40.60.81199020052020

How they compare

Iran currently reports 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Yemen, a difference of 0 hectares per year.

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

Iran ranks 73rd and Yemen ranks 73rd of 110 countries.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year
2000s 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year
2010s 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year
2020s 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Iran or Yemen?
Iran, at 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Yemen as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Iran and Yemen?
0 hectares per year, with Iran ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Yemen?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Iran and Yemen rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Iran ranks 73rd and Yemen ranks 73rd 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).