Annual forest expansion in Singapore
Singapore: Annual forest expansion was 0 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2020)
0 hectares per year
World rank
73rd
of 110 countries
All-time high
500 hectares per year
in 1990
All-time low
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Years of data
5
1990–2020
Annual forest expansion in Singapore, 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 Singapore is 0 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Singapore peaked at 500 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 2020.
Singapore ranks 73rd of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Singapore, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 500 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 210 hectares per year | -58.0% |
| 2010 | 50 hectares per year | -76.2% |
| 2015 | 60 hectares per year | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 0 hectares per year | -100.0% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 0 hectares per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,880 hectares per year. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 500 hectares per year | 500 hectares per year | 500 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 210 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 210 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 55 hectares per year | 50 hectares per year | 60 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 70 Egypt 30 hectares per year compare
- 71 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10 hectares per year compare
- 71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 hectares per year compare
- 73 Bahrain 0 hectares per year
- 73 Bhutan 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Brazil 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Cayman Islands 0 hectares per year
- 73 Equatorial Guinea 0 hectares per year
- 73 Falkland Islands 0 hectares per year
- 73 Faroe Islands 0 hectares per year
- 73 Finland 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Gambia 0 hectares per year
- 73 Georgia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Gibraltar 0 hectares per year
- 73 Greenland 0 hectares per year
- 73 Guyana 0 hectares per year
- 73 Iran 0 hectares per year
- 73 Iraq 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Isle of Man 0 hectares per year
- 73 Jersey 0 hectares per year
- 73 Jordan 0 hectares per year
- 73 Kuwait 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Lebanon 0 hectares per year
- 73 Libya 0 hectares per year
- 73 Malawi 0 hectares per year
- 73 Mauritius 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Monaco 0 hectares per year
- 73 Namibia 0 hectares per year
- 73 Nauru 0 hectares per year
- 73 Oman 0 hectares per year
- 73 Qatar 0 hectares per year
- 73 San Marino 0 hectares per year
- 73 Somalia 0 hectares per year
- 73 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares per year
- 73 Sweden 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Tanzania 0 hectares per year
- 73 Tokelau 0 hectares per year
- 73 Vatican 0 hectares per year
- 73 Yemen 0 hectares per year
- 73 Zimbabwe 0 hectares per year
More environment data for Singapore
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.9965 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 42.94 % change on previous year (1990)
- Standard Deviation 0.253 °C (1990)
- Temperature change 0.647 °C (1990)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.11 % 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 -5.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Singapore?
- Annual forest expansion in Singapore was 0 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 500 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 2020.
- How does Singapore rank for annual forest expansion?
- Singapore ranks 73rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Singapore 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).