Annual forest expansion in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein: Annual forest expansion was 400 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual forest expansion in Liechtenstein, 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 Liechtenstein stood at 400 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 90.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Liechtenstein peaked at 400 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 100 hectares per year, in 1990.
Liechtenstein ranks 64th of 110 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100 hectares per year | 100 hectares per year | 100 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 210 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 210 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 400 hectares per year | 400 hectares per year | 400 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Liechtenstein
- Aquaculture production 0 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 0 metric tons (2024)
- Total fisheries production 0 metric tons (2024)
- Arable land use per person 0.0434 hectares per person (2023)
- Forest area 5,980 hectares (2025)
- Share of global forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area 86 hectares (2025)
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 1.4% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 86 hectares (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Liechtenstein?
- Annual forest expansion in Liechtenstein was 400 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 Liechtenstein?
- The highest recorded value was 400 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Liechtenstein?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Liechtenstein rank for annual forest expansion?
- Liechtenstein ranks 64th out of 110 regions with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Liechtenstein?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liechtenstein 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).