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.
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
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.07 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5227 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0524 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1619 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.31 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5652 Mt CO2e (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).