Sudan vs Turkey: Annual forest expansion
Sudan
89,860 hectares per year
in 2020
Turkey
117,500 hectares per year
in 2020
Sudan rank
6th
Turkey rank
5th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Sudan
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 117,500 hectares per year against 89,860 hectares per year in Sudan, a difference of 27,640 hectares per year.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.3 times Sudan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sudan ahead.
Sudan ranks 6th and Turkey ranks 5th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Sudan averaged higher in 2 and Turkey in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sudan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98,400 hectares per year | 36,490 hectares per year | 61,910 hectares per year | Sudan |
| 2000s | 98,400 hectares per year | 93,470 hectares per year | 4,930 hectares per year | Sudan |
| 2010s | 94,130 hectares per year | 115,695 hectares per year | 21,565 hectares per year | Turkey |
| 2020s | 89,860 hectares per year | 117,500 hectares per year | 27,640 hectares per year | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Sudan or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 117,500 hectares per year against 89,860 hectares per year in Sudan as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Sudan and Turkey?
- 27,640 hectares per year, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Turkey?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Sudan and Turkey rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Sudan ranks 6th and Turkey ranks 5th 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).