Annual forest expansion in Chad
Chad: Annual forest expansion was 300 hectares per year in 2020. ▬ Flat
Annual forest expansion in Chad, 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
In 2020, annual forest expansion in Chad stood at 300 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Chad peaked at 300 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 300 hectares per year, in 1990.
Chad ranks 65th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 300 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 62 Iceland 960 hectares per year compare
- 63 Democratic Republic of Congo 610 hectares per year compare
- 66 Colombia 140 hectares per year compare
- 67 Comoros 100 hectares per year compare
- 68 Kyrgyzstan 60 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Chad
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 101.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 69.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9648 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 3.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 75.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0083 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Chad?
- Annual forest expansion in Chad was 300 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 300 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Chad rank for annual forest expansion?
- Chad ranks 65th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Chad 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).