Romania vs Senegal: Annual forest expansion
Romania
5,640 hectares per year
in 2020
Senegal
5,920 hectares per year
in 2020
Romania rank
46th
Senegal rank
43rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Romania
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 5,920 hectares per year against 5,640 hectares per year in Romania, a difference of 280 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Senegal ahead.
Romania ranks 46th and Senegal ranks 43rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,230 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 4,690 hectares per year | Senegal |
| 2000s | 15,080 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 9,160 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2010s | 41,470 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 35,550 hectares per year | Romania |
| 2020s | 5,640 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 280 hectares per year | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Romania or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 5,920 hectares per year against 5,640 hectares per year in Romania as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Romania and Senegal?
- 280 hectares per year, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Senegal?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Romania and Senegal rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Romania ranks 46th 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).