Annual forest expansion in Tanzania
Tanzania: Annual forest expansion was 0 hectares per year in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
0 hectares per year
World rank
73rd
of 110 countries
All-time high
0 hectares per year
in 1990
All-time low
0 hectares per year
in 1990
Years of data
5
1990–2020
Annual forest expansion in Tanzania, 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 Tanzania 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 Tanzania peaked at 0 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
Tanzania ranks 73rd of 110 countries on this measure, 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 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 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
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- 73 Bhutan 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Brazil 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Cayman Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Equatorial Guinea 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Falkland Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Faroe Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Finland 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Gambia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Georgia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Gibraltar 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Greenland 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Guyana 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Iran 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Iraq 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Isle of Man 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Jersey 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Jordan 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Kuwait 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Lebanon 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Libya 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Malawi 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Mauritius 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Monaco 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Namibia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Nauru 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Oman 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Qatar 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 San Marino 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Singapore 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Somalia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Sweden 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Tokelau 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Vatican 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Yemen 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Zimbabwe 0 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Tanzania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 102.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.5 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 43.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 5.56 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 6.87 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0551 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 59.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0064 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0605 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Tanzania?
- Annual forest expansion in Tanzania 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Tanzania rank for annual forest expansion?
- Tanzania ranks 73rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Where does this Tanzania 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).