Annual forest expansion in Bhutan
Bhutan: Annual forest expansion was 0 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Bhutan, 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
The most recent figure for annual forest expansion in Bhutan is 0 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Bhutan peaked at 10,120 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 2020.
That places Bhutan 73rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,930 hectares per year | 9,930 hectares per year | 9,930 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 10,120 hectares per year | 10,120 hectares per year | 10,120 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 1,575 hectares per year | 830 hectares per year | 2,320 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 70 Egypt 30 hectares per year compare
- 71 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10 hectares per year compare
- 71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 hectares per year compare
- 73 Bahrain 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Brazil 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Cayman Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Equatorial Guinea 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Falkland Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Faroe Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Finland 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Gambia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Georgia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Gibraltar 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Greenland 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Guyana 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Iran 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Iraq 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Isle of Man 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Jersey 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Jordan 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Kuwait 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Lebanon 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Libya 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Malawi 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Mauritius 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Monaco 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Namibia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Nauru 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Oman 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Qatar 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 San Marino 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Singapore 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Somalia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Sweden 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Tanzania 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Tokelau 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Vatican 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Yemen 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Zimbabwe 0 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Bhutan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.3401 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4778 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0032 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1744 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Bhutan?
- Annual forest expansion in Bhutan was 0 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 10,120 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 2020.
- How does Bhutan rank for annual forest expansion?
- Bhutan ranks 73rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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).