Nicaragua vs Senegal: Annual forest expansion
Nicaragua
6,740 hectares per year
in 2020
Senegal
5,920 hectares per year
in 2020
Nicaragua rank
41st
Senegal rank
43rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Nicaragua
- Senegal
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 6,740 hectares per year against 5,920 hectares per year in Senegal, a difference of 820 hectares per year.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Senegal's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Senegal ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 41st and Senegal ranks 43rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | Senegal |
| 2000s | 2,610 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 3,310 hectares per year | Senegal |
| 2010s | 7,205 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 1,285 hectares per year | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 6,740 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 820 hectares per year | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Nicaragua or Senegal?
- Nicaragua, at 6,740 hectares per year against 5,920 hectares per year in Senegal as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Nicaragua and Senegal?
- 820 hectares per year, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Senegal?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Nicaragua and Senegal rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Nicaragua ranks 41st and Senegal ranks 43rd 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).