Annual forest expansion in Comoros
Comoros: Annual forest expansion was 100 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Comoros, 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
Comoros recorded 100 hectares per year for annual forest expansion in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over five years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Comoros peaked at 100 hectares per year in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Comoros 67th 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 | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 50 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 100 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 100 hectares per year | 100 hectares per year | 100 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More environment data for Comoros
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9494 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.1 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0725 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0457 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1528 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.4388 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1658 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Comoros?
- Annual forest expansion in Comoros was 100 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 100 hectares per year in 2015.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Comoros rank for annual forest expansion?
- Comoros ranks 67th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Where does this Comoros 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).