Annual forest expansion in Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Svalbard and Jan Mayen: Annual forest expansion was 0 hectares per year in 2020. ▬ Flat
Annual forest expansion in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, 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 Svalbard and Jan Mayen stood at 0 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Svalbard and Jan Mayen peaked at 0 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Svalbard and Jan Mayen 73rd 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 | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Forest area 0 hectares (2025)
- Share of global forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area 0 hectares (2025)
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 0 hectares (2025)
- Land use over the long-term 0 hectares (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term 0 hectares (2025)
- Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected 75.5% (2024)
- Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas 88.6% (2024)
- Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas 74.0% (2024)
- Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected 94.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- Annual forest expansion in Svalbard and Jan Mayen 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 Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- The highest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Svalbard and Jan Mayen rank for annual forest expansion?
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen ranks 73rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Where does this Svalbard and Jan Mayen 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).