Kazakhstan vs Portugal: Annual forest expansion
Kazakhstan
35,800 hectares per year
in 2020
Portugal
42,050 hectares per year
in 2020
Kazakhstan rank
15th
Portugal rank
12th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Kazakhstan
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 42,050 hectares per year against 35,800 hectares per year in Kazakhstan, a difference of 6,250 hectares per year.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Kazakhstan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Portugal ahead.
Kazakhstan ranks 15th and Portugal ranks 12th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kazakhstan | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15,000 hectares per year | 37,070 hectares per year | 22,070 hectares per year | Portugal |
| 2000s | 50,000 hectares per year | 32,740 hectares per year | 17,260 hectares per year | Kazakhstan |
| 2010s | 62,755 hectares per year | 46,270 hectares per year | 16,485 hectares per year | Kazakhstan |
| 2020s | 35,800 hectares per year | 42,050 hectares per year | 6,250 hectares per year | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Kazakhstan or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 42,050 hectares per year against 35,800 hectares per year in Kazakhstan as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Kazakhstan and Portugal?
- 6,250 hectares per year, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Portugal?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Kazakhstan and Portugal rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Kazakhstan ranks 15th and Portugal ranks 12th 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).