Share of annual global forest expansion in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Share of annual global forest expansion was 0.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of annual global forest expansion in Ethiopia, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.6% for share of annual global forest expansion in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 93.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of annual global forest expansion in Ethiopia peaked at 0.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2000.
Ethiopia ranks 17th of 110 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Share of annual global forest expansion in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.3% | — |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -31.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +60.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +47.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +31.2% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 0.6% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1%, 7.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 0.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 22.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.26 % 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 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0.1478 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of annual global forest expansion in Ethiopia?
- Share of annual global forest expansion in Ethiopia was 0.6% 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 share of annual global forest expansion recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of annual global forest expansion recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- How does Ethiopia rank for share of annual global forest expansion?
- Ethiopia ranks 17th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of annual global forest expansion rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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 Share of annual global forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of annual global forest expansion indicates the proportion of a country's forest expansion relative to the total global forest expansion.