Jamaica vs Morocco: Annual forest expansion
Jamaica
4,420 hectares per year
in 2020
Morocco
2,470 hectares per year
in 2020
Jamaica rank
49th
Morocco rank
52nd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Jamaica
- Morocco
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 4,420 hectares per year against 2,470 hectares per year in Morocco, a difference of 1,950 hectares per year.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.8 times Morocco's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Morocco ahead.
Jamaica ranks 49th and Morocco ranks 52nd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 3 and Morocco in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 860 hectares per year | 6,100 hectares per year | 5,240 hectares per year | Morocco |
| 2000s | 4,420 hectares per year | 650 hectares per year | 3,770 hectares per year | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 4,420 hectares per year | 2,875 hectares per year | 1,545 hectares per year | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 4,420 hectares per year | 2,470 hectares per year | 1,950 hectares per year | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Jamaica or Morocco?
- Jamaica, at 4,420 hectares per year against 2,470 hectares per year in Morocco as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Jamaica and Morocco?
- 1,950 hectares per year, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Morocco?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Jamaica and Morocco rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Jamaica ranks 49th and Morocco ranks 52nd 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).