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.
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
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 100.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 9.2 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.8326 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.031 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 13.1 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0477 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0509 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 5 Mt CO2e (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).