Paraguay vs Sudan: Annual forest expansion
Paraguay
53,910 hectares per year
in 2020
Sudan
89,860 hectares per year
in 2020
Paraguay rank
8th
Sudan rank
6th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Paraguay
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 89,860 hectares per year against 53,910 hectares per year in Paraguay, a difference of 35,950 hectares per year.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.7 times Paraguay's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Sudan has been ahead every year.
Paraguay ranks 8th and Sudan ranks 6th of 110 countries.
Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Paraguay | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 98,400 hectares per year | 98,400 hectares per year | Sudan |
| 2000s | 0 hectares per year | 98,400 hectares per year | 98,400 hectares per year | Sudan |
| 2010s | 5,210 hectares per year | 94,130 hectares per year | 88,920 hectares per year | Sudan |
| 2020s | 53,910 hectares per year | 89,860 hectares per year | 35,950 hectares per year | Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Paraguay or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 89,860 hectares per year against 53,910 hectares per year in Paraguay as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Paraguay and Sudan?
- 35,950 hectares per year, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Sudan?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Paraguay and Sudan rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Paraguay ranks 8th and Sudan ranks 6th 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).