Jamaica vs Romania: Annual forest expansion
Jamaica
4,420 hectares per year
in 2020
Romania
5,640 hectares per year
in 2020
Jamaica rank
49th
Romania rank
46th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Jamaica
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 5,640 hectares per year against 4,420 hectares per year in Jamaica, a difference of 1,220 hectares per year.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.3 times Jamaica's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.
Jamaica ranks 49th and Romania ranks 46th of 110 countries.
Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 860 hectares per year | 1,230 hectares per year | 370 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2000s | 4,420 hectares per year | 15,080 hectares per year | 10,660 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2010s | 4,420 hectares per year | 41,470 hectares per year | 37,050 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2020s | 4,420 hectares per year | 5,640 hectares per year | 1,220 hectares per year | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Jamaica or Romania?
- Romania, at 5,640 hectares per year against 4,420 hectares per year in Jamaica as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Jamaica and Romania?
- 1,220 hectares per year, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Romania?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Jamaica and Romania rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Jamaica ranks 49th and Romania ranks 46th 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).