Morocco vs Switzerland: Annual forest expansion
Morocco
2,470 hectares per year
in 2020
Switzerland
2,880 hectares per year
in 2020
Morocco rank
52nd
Switzerland rank
51st
Annual forest expansion over time
- Morocco
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 2,880 hectares per year against 2,470 hectares per year in Morocco, a difference of 410 hectares per year.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Morocco's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Morocco ahead.
Morocco ranks 52nd and Switzerland ranks 51st of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,100 hectares per year | 5,970 hectares per year | 130 hectares per year | Morocco |
| 2000s | 650 hectares per year | 6,510 hectares per year | 5,860 hectares per year | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 2,875 hectares per year | 3,810 hectares per year | 935 hectares per year | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 2,470 hectares per year | 2,880 hectares per year | 410 hectares per year | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Morocco or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 2,880 hectares per year against 2,470 hectares per year in Morocco as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Morocco and Switzerland?
- 410 hectares per year, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Switzerland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Morocco and Switzerland rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Morocco ranks 52nd and Switzerland ranks 51st 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).