Annual forest expansion in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Annual forest expansion was 34,280 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual forest expansion in Ethiopia, 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
The most recent figure for annual forest expansion in Ethiopia is 34,280 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 55.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Ethiopia peaked at 34,280 hectares per year in 2015 and was at its lowest, 18,930 hectares per year, in 1990.
Ethiopia ranks 17th of 110 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Annual forest expansion in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 18,930 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 18,930 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 22,000 hectares per year | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 34,280 hectares per year | +55.8% |
| 2020 | 34,280 hectares per year | +0.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 34,280 hectares per year is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,330 hectares per year, 7.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 34,280 hectares per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,500 hectares per year, 22.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,930 hectares per year | 18,930 hectares per year | 18,930 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 18,930 hectares per year | 18,930 hectares per year | 18,930 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 28,140 hectares per year | 22,000 hectares per year | 34,280 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 34,280 hectares per year | 34,280 hectares per year | 34,280 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.26 % 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 2.83 % 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0.1478 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Ethiopia?
- Annual forest expansion in Ethiopia was 34,280 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 34,280 hectares per year in 2015.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,930 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Ethiopia rank for annual forest expansion?
- Ethiopia ranks 17th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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).