Annual forest expansion in Panama
Panama: Annual forest expansion was 2,420 hectares per year in 2020. ▼ Falling
Annual forest expansion in Panama, 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 Panama stood at 2,420 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 120.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Panama peaked at 2,420 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 860 hectares per year, in 2015.
Panama ranks 53rd of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,420 hectares per year | 2,420 hectares per year | 2,420 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 2,310 hectares per year | 2,310 hectares per year | 2,310 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 980 hectares per year | 860 hectares per year | 1,100 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 2,420 hectares per year | 2,420 hectares per year | 2,420 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Panama
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 19.22 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.26 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0585 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0039 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0046 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0048 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0274 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Panama?
- Annual forest expansion in Panama was 2,420 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 2,420 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 860 hectares per year in 2015.
- How does Panama rank for annual forest expansion?
- Panama ranks 53rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama 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).