Senegal vs Togo: Annual forest expansion
Senegal
5,920 hectares per year
in 2020
Togo
7,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Senegal rank
43rd
Togo rank
40th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Senegal
- Togo
How they compare
Togo currently reports 7,000 hectares per year against 5,920 hectares per year in Senegal, a difference of 1,080 hectares per year.
That makes Togo's figure about 1.2 times Senegal's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Senegal ahead.
Senegal ranks 43rd and Togo ranks 40th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 3 and Togo in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,920 hectares per year | 1,000 hectares per year | 4,920 hectares per year | Senegal |
| 2000s | 5,920 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | Senegal |
| 2010s | 5,920 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 3,920 hectares per year | Senegal |
| 2020s | 5,920 hectares per year | 7,000 hectares per year | 1,080 hectares per year | Togo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Senegal or Togo?
- Togo, at 7,000 hectares per year against 5,920 hectares per year in Senegal as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Senegal and Togo?
- 1,080 hectares per year, with Togo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Togo?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Senegal and Togo rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Senegal ranks 43rd and Togo ranks 40th 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).