Annual forest expansion in Czechia
Czechia: Annual forest expansion was 11,680 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Czechia, 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
Czechia recorded 11,680 hectares per year for annual forest expansion in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 247.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Czechia peaked at 11,680 hectares per year in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,360 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Czechia 27th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
Annual forest expansion in Czechia, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,360 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 3,360 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,360 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11,680 hectares per year | +247.6% |
| 2020 | 11,680 hectares per year | +0.0% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 11,680 hectares per year is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,880 hectares per year, 4.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 11,680 hectares per year is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5,130 hectares per year, 2.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,360 hectares per year | 3,360 hectares per year | 3,360 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 3,360 hectares per year | 3,360 hectares per year | 3,360 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 7,520 hectares per year | 3,360 hectares per year | 11,680 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 11,680 hectares per year | 11,680 hectares per year | 11,680 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More environment data for Czechia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.82 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.63 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.97 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -7.77 % 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 -0.1206 % 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 Czechia?
- Annual forest expansion in Czechia was 11,680 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 Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,680 hectares per year in 2015.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,360 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Czechia rank for annual forest expansion?
- Czechia ranks 27th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 247.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Czechia 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).