Sudan vs United States: Annual forest expansion
Sudan
89,860 hectares per year
in 2020
United States
815,360 hectares per year
in 2020
Sudan rank
6th
United States rank
3rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Sudan
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 815,360 hectares per year against 89,860 hectares per year in Sudan, a difference of 725,500 hectares per year.
That makes United States's figure about 9.1 times Sudan's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Sudan ranks 6th and United States ranks 3rd of 110 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sudan | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98,400 hectares per year | 108,600 hectares per year | 10,200 hectares per year | United States |
| 2000s | 98,400 hectares per year | 518,400 hectares per year | 420,000 hectares per year | United States |
| 2010s | 94,130 hectares per year | 483,000 hectares per year | 388,870 hectares per year | United States |
| 2020s | 89,860 hectares per year | 815,360 hectares per year | 725,500 hectares per year | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Sudan or United States?
- United States, at 815,360 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 United States?
- 725,500 hectares per year, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and United States?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Sudan and United States rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Sudan ranks 6th and United States ranks 3rd 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).