Netherlands vs Poland: Annual forest expansion
Netherlands
7,290 hectares per year
in 2020
Poland
7,790 hectares per year
in 2020
Netherlands rank
38th
Poland rank
37th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Netherlands
- Poland
How they compare
Poland currently reports 7,790 hectares per year against 7,290 hectares per year in Netherlands, a difference of 500 hectares per year.
That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Poland has been ahead every year.
Netherlands ranks 38th and Poland ranks 37th of 110 countries.
Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,560 hectares per year | 18,210 hectares per year | 15,650 hectares per year | Poland |
| 2000s | 4,000 hectares per year | 27,580 hectares per year | 23,580 hectares per year | Poland |
| 2010s | 2,955 hectares per year | 14,615 hectares per year | 11,660 hectares per year | Poland |
| 2020s | 7,290 hectares per year | 7,790 hectares per year | 500 hectares per year | Poland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Netherlands or Poland?
- Poland, at 7,790 hectares per year against 7,290 hectares per year in Netherlands as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Netherlands and Poland?
- 500 hectares per year, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Poland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Netherlands and Poland rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Netherlands ranks 38th and Poland ranks 37th 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).