Annual forest expansion in Djibouti
Djibouti: Annual forest expansion was 50 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Djibouti, 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 Djibouti stood at 50 hectares per year.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Djibouti peaked at 230 hectares per year in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
Djibouti ranks 69th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Djibouti, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2010 | 50 hectares per year | — |
| 2015 | 230 hectares per year | +360.0% |
| 2020 | 50 hectares per year | -78.3% |
Djibouti compared with similar countries
- Djibouti's 50 hectares per year is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,790 hectares per year, 3% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
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 | 140 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | 230 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 50 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
- 66 Colombia 140 hectares per year compare
- 67 Comoros 100 hectares per year compare
- 68 Kyrgyzstan 60 hectares per year compare
- 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
More environment data for Djibouti
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -57.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.289 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.21 % 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 0.1725 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Djibouti?
- Annual forest expansion in Djibouti was 50 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 Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 230 hectares per year in 2015.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Djibouti rank for annual forest expansion?
- Djibouti ranks 69th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Djibouti 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).