Namibia vs Svalbard and Jan Mayen: Annual forest expansion
Namibia
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Namibia rank
73rd
Svalbard and Jan Mayen rank
73rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Namibia
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, a difference of 0 hectares per year.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Svalbard and Jan Mayen has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 73rd and Svalbard and Jan Mayen ranks 73rd of 110 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2000s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2010s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 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, Namibia or Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- Namibia, at 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Svalbard and Jan Mayen as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Namibia and Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- 0 hectares per year, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Namibia and Svalbard and Jan Mayen rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Namibia ranks 73rd and Svalbard and Jan Mayen 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).