Share of annual global forest expansion in Singapore
Singapore: Share of annual global forest expansion was 0.0% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Share of annual global forest expansion in Singapore, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 0.0% for share of annual global forest expansion in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of annual global forest expansion in Singapore peaked at 0.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2020.
That places Singapore 73rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of annual global forest expansion in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -71.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -67.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 0.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 70 Egypt 0.0% compare
- 71 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% compare
- 71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% compare
- 73 Bahrain 0.0%
- 73 Bhutan 0.0% compare
- 73 Brazil 0.0% compare
- 73 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 73 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 73 Falkland Islands 0.0%
- 73 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 73 Finland 0.0% compare
- 73 Gambia 0.0%
- 73 Georgia 0.0% compare
- 73 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 73 Greenland 0.0%
- 73 Guyana 0.0%
- 73 Iran 0.0%
- 73 Iraq 0.0% compare
- 73 Isle of Man 0.0%
- 73 Jersey 0.0%
- 73 Jordan 0.0%
- 73 Kuwait 0.0% compare
- 73 Lebanon 0.0%
- 73 Libya 0.0%
- 73 Malawi 0.0%
- 73 Mauritius 0.0% compare
- 73 Monaco 0.0%
- 73 Namibia 0.0%
- 73 Nauru 0.0%
- 73 Oman 0.0%
- 73 Qatar 0.0%
- 73 San Marino 0.0%
- 73 Somalia 0.0%
- 73 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0.0%
- 73 Sweden 0.0% compare
- 73 Tanzania 0.0%
- 73 Tokelau 0.0%
- 73 Vatican 0.0%
- 73 Yemen 0.0%
- 73 Zimbabwe 0.0%
More environment data for Singapore
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.9965 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 42.94 % change on previous year (1990)
- Standard Deviation 0.253 °C (1990)
- Temperature change 0.647 °C (1990)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.11 % 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 -5.19 % 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 share of annual global forest expansion in Singapore?
- Share of annual global forest expansion in Singapore was 0.0% 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of annual global forest expansion recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- How does Singapore rank for share of annual global forest expansion?
- Singapore ranks 73rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of annual global forest expansion rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Singapore 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.