Annual forest expansion in Slovenia
Slovenia: Annual forest expansion was 2,360 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Slovenia, 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 Slovenia is 2,360 hectares per year, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Slovenia peaked at 7,330 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,450 hectares per year, in 2015.
That places Slovenia 54th 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 | 7,330 hectares per year | 7,330 hectares per year | 7,330 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 4,630 hectares per year | 4,630 hectares per year | 4,630 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 2,090 hectares per year | 1,450 hectares per year | 2,730 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 2,360 hectares per year | 2,360 hectares per year | 2,360 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Slovenia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.15 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1283 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.8279 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0045 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0053 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.4675 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Slovenia?
- Annual forest expansion in Slovenia was 2,360 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 Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,330 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,450 hectares per year in 2015.
- How does Slovenia rank for annual forest expansion?
- Slovenia ranks 54th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Slovenia 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).