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.
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
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 192.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.46 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 87.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 12.61 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 18.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0131 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 131.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0409 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 13.56 Mt CO2e (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.