Annual forest expansion in Togo
Togo: Annual forest expansion was 7,000 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Togo, 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
Togo recorded 7,000 hectares per year for annual forest expansion in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 250.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Togo peaked at 7,000 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,000 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Togo 40th 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 | 1,000 hectares per year | 1,000 hectares per year | 1,000 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 1,500 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 7,000 hectares per year | 7,000 hectares per year | 7,000 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Togo
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 10.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.29 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7379 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 6.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Togo?
- Annual forest expansion in Togo was 7,000 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Togo rank for annual forest expansion?
- Togo ranks 40th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 250.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Togo 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).