Annual forest expansion in Tunisia
Tunisia: Annual forest expansion was 1,580 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia stood at 1,580 hectares per year. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Tunisia peaked at 6,710 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,580 hectares per year, in 2020.
That places Tunisia 58th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6,710 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 6,300 hectares per year | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 2,950 hectares per year | -53.2% |
| 2015 | 1,810 hectares per year | -38.6% |
| 2020 | 1,580 hectares per year | -12.7% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 1,580 hectares per year is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,790 hectares per year, 88% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,710 hectares per year | 6,710 hectares per year | 6,710 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 6,300 hectares per year | 6,300 hectares per year | 6,300 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 2,380 hectares per year | 1,810 hectares per year | 2,950 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,580 hectares per year | 1,580 hectares per year | 1,580 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Tunisia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -14.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.421 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.02 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.34 % 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 -0.2204 % 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 Tunisia?
- Annual forest expansion in Tunisia was 1,580 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,710 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,580 hectares per year in 2020.
- How does Tunisia rank for annual forest expansion?
- Tunisia ranks 58th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tunisia 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).