Mauritius vs Sweden: Annual forest expansion

Mauritius
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Sweden
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Mauritius rank
73rd
Sweden rank
73rd

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Mauritius
  • Sweden
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k199020052020

How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Sweden, a difference of 0 hectares per year.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Mauritius ranks 73rd and Sweden ranks 73rd of 110 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritius Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 100 hectares per year 21,490 hectares per year 21,390 hectares per year Sweden
2000s 10 hectares per year 11,820 hectares per year 11,810 hectares per year Sweden
2010s 145 hectares per year 51,450 hectares per year 51,305 hectares per year Sweden
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 Sweden?
Mauritius, at 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Sweden as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Mauritius and Sweden?
0 hectares per year, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Sweden?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Mauritius and Sweden rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Mauritius ranks 73rd and Sweden 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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Indicator
Annual forest expansion
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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).