Morocco vs Slovenia: Annual forest expansion

Morocco
2,470 hectares per year
in 2020
Slovenia
2,360 hectares per year
in 2020
Morocco rank
52nd
Slovenia rank
54th

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Morocco
  • Slovenia
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How they compare

Morocco currently reports 2,470 hectares per year against 2,360 hectares per year in Slovenia, a difference of 110 hectares per year.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Slovenia ahead.

Morocco ranks 52nd and Slovenia ranks 54th of 110 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 2 and Slovenia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Slovenia Difference Ahead
1990s 6,100 hectares per year 7,330 hectares per year 1,230 hectares per year Slovenia
2000s 650 hectares per year 4,630 hectares per year 3,980 hectares per year Slovenia
2010s 2,875 hectares per year 2,090 hectares per year 785 hectares per year Morocco
2020s 2,470 hectares per year 2,360 hectares per year 110 hectares per year Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Morocco or Slovenia?
Morocco, at 2,470 hectares per year against 2,360 hectares per year in Slovenia as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Morocco and Slovenia?
110 hectares per year, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Slovenia?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Morocco and Slovenia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Morocco ranks 52nd and Slovenia ranks 54th 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

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).