Mali vs Niger: Annual forest expansion
Mali
14,540 hectares per year
in 2020
Niger
15,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Mali rank
23rd
Niger rank
22nd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Mali
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 15,000 hectares per year against 14,540 hectares per year in Mali, a difference of 460 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mali ahead.
Mali ranks 23rd and Niger ranks 22nd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 3 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,630 hectares per year | 2,500 hectares per year | 1,130 hectares per year | Mali |
| 2000s | 44,500 hectares per year | 7,500 hectares per year | 37,000 hectares per year | Mali |
| 2010s | 51,490 hectares per year | 7,500 hectares per year | 43,990 hectares per year | Mali |
| 2020s | 14,540 hectares per year | 15,000 hectares per year | 460 hectares per year | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Mali or Niger?
- Niger, at 15,000 hectares per year against 14,540 hectares per year in Mali as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Mali and Niger?
- 460 hectares per year, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Mali and Niger rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Mali ranks 23rd and Niger ranks 22nd 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).