Annual forest expansion in Romania
Romania: Annual forest expansion was 5,640 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Romania, 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
Romania recorded 5,640 hectares per year for annual forest expansion in 2020.
That represents a change of down 92.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Romania peaked at 77,300 hectares per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,230 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Romania 46th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,230 hectares per year | 1,230 hectares per year | 1,230 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 15,080 hectares per year | 15,080 hectares per year | 15,080 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 41,470 hectares per year | 5,640 hectares per year | 77,300 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 5,640 hectares per year | 5,640 hectares per year | 5,640 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More environment data for Romania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 101.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.35 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 8.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.52 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0241 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.23 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0241 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 5.88 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Romania?
- Annual forest expansion in Romania was 5,640 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 77,300 hectares per year in 2010.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,230 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Romania rank for annual forest expansion?
- Romania ranks 46th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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).