Annual forest expansion in Venezuela
Venezuela: Annual forest expansion was 10,810 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Venezuela, 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 Venezuela stood at 10,810 hectares per year.
The figure is down 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Venezuela peaked at 35,800 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 8,480 hectares per year, in 2015.
Venezuela ranks 29th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35,800 hectares per year | 35,800 hectares per year | 35,800 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 20,200 hectares per year | 20,200 hectares per year | 20,200 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 12,650 hectares per year | 8,480 hectares per year | 16,820 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 10,810 hectares per year | 10,810 hectares per year | 10,810 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Venezuela
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 167.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.89 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 32.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0873 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 12.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0155 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0881 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Venezuela?
- Annual forest expansion in Venezuela was 10,810 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 Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 35,800 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,480 hectares per year in 2015.
- How does Venezuela rank for annual forest expansion?
- Venezuela ranks 29th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Venezuela 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).