Mauritius vs Singapore: Annual forest expansion
Mauritius
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Singapore
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Mauritius rank
73rd
Singapore rank
73rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Mauritius
- Singapore
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Singapore, a difference of 0 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Singapore ahead.
Mauritius ranks 73rd and Singapore ranks 73rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 1 and Singapore in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100 hectares per year | 500 hectares per year | 400 hectares per year | Singapore |
| 2000s | 10 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 200 hectares per year | Singapore |
| 2010s | 145 hectares per year | 55 hectares per year | 90 hectares per year | Mauritius |
| 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, Mauritius or Singapore?
- Mauritius, at 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Singapore as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Mauritius and Singapore?
- 0 hectares per year, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Singapore?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Mauritius and Singapore rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Mauritius ranks 73rd and Singapore 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
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).