Annual forest expansion in Algeria
Algeria: Annual forest expansion was 8,000 hectares per year in 2020. ▼ Falling
Annual forest expansion in Algeria, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 8,000 hectares per year for annual forest expansion in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 75.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Algeria peaked at 33,120 hectares per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8,000 hectares per year, in 2020.
Algeria ranks 34th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Algeria, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 30,030 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 27,370 hectares per year | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 33,120 hectares per year | +21.0% |
| 2015 | 10,890 hectares per year | -67.1% |
| 2020 | 8,000 hectares per year | -26.5% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 8,000 hectares per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,420 hectares per year, 1.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,030 hectares per year | 30,030 hectares per year | 30,030 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 27,370 hectares per year | 27,370 hectares per year | 27,370 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 22,005 hectares per year | 10,890 hectares per year | 33,120 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 8,000 hectares per year | 8,000 hectares per year | 8,000 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More environment data for Algeria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -26.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.401 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.01 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Algeria?
- Annual forest expansion in Algeria was 8,000 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 33,120 hectares per year in 2010.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 hectares per year in 2020.
- How does Algeria rank for annual forest expansion?
- Algeria ranks 34th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).