Annual forest expansion in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Annual forest expansion was 60 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Kyrgyzstan, 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 Kyrgyzstan is 60 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 98.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 4,880 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 60 hectares per year, in 2020.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 68th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,450 hectares per year | 4,450 hectares per year | 4,450 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 4,880 hectares per year | 4,880 hectares per year | 4,880 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 3,035 hectares per year | 1,640 hectares per year | 4,430 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 60 hectares per year | 60 hectares per year | 60 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More environment data for Kyrgyzstan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 22.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.1 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1262 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9454 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 9.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0052 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Kyrgyzstan?
- Annual forest expansion in Kyrgyzstan was 60 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,880 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 hectares per year in 2020.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for annual forest expansion?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 68th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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).