Morocco vs Panama: Annual forest expansion
Morocco
2,470 hectares per year
in 2020
Panama
2,420 hectares per year
in 2020
Morocco rank
52nd
Panama rank
53rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Morocco
- Panama
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 2,470 hectares per year against 2,420 hectares per year in Panama, a difference of 50 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Morocco ahead.
Morocco ranks 52nd and Panama ranks 53rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 3 and Panama in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,100 hectares per year | 2,420 hectares per year | 3,680 hectares per year | Morocco |
| 2000s | 650 hectares per year | 2,310 hectares per year | 1,660 hectares per year | Panama |
| 2010s | 2,875 hectares per year | 980 hectares per year | 1,895 hectares per year | Morocco |
| 2020s | 2,470 hectares per year | 2,420 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Morocco or Panama?
- Morocco, at 2,470 hectares per year against 2,420 hectares per year in Panama as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Morocco and Panama?
- 50 hectares per year, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Panama?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Morocco and Panama rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Morocco ranks 52nd and Panama ranks 53rd 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).