Forest expansion

thousand hectares, 1990–2015

Country	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Algeria	6.00	10.24	14.48	18.72	22.96	27.20	31.44	35.68	39.92	44.16	48.40	44.46	40.52	36.58	32.64	28.70	24.76	20.82	16.88	12.94	9.00	8.00	7.00	6.00	5.00	4.00
Argentina	31.00	29.00	27.00	25.00	23.00	21.00	19.00	17.00	15.00	13.00	11.00	11.80	12.60	13.40	14.20	15.00	15.80	16.60	17.40	18.20	19.00	21.20	23.40	25.60	27.80	30.00
Australia	419.39	418.00	416.61	415.22	413.83	412.45	411.06	409.67	408.28	406.89	405.50	477.60	549.70	621.81	693.91	766.01	838.11	910.21	982.32	1,054.42	1,126.52
Austria	9.70	9.76	9.82	9.88	9.94	10.00	10.06	10.12	10.18	10.24	10.30	10.21	10.12	10.03	9.94	9.85	9.76	9.67	9.58	9.49	9.40	9.40	9.40	9.40	9.40	9.40
Azerbaijan	5.20	9.01	12.81	16.62	20.42	24.23	28.03	31.84	35.64	39.45	43.25	48.00	52.74	57.49	62.24	66.99	71.73	76.48	81.23	85.97	90.72	92.68	94.64	96.60	98.56	100.52
Bangladesh	7.50	7.99	8.47	8.96	9.44	9.93	10.41	10.90	11.38	11.87	12.35	12.84	13.32	13.81	14.29	14.78	15.26	15.75	16.23	16.72	17.20
Belarus	55.04	52.87	50.69	48.52	46.35	44.18	42.00	39.83	37.66	35.48	33.31	32.38	31.45	30.52	29.59	28.66	27.72	26.79	25.86	24.93	24.00	25.26	26.53	27.79	29.06	30.32
Belgium																					1.70	1.66	1.62	1.58	1.54	1.50
Bhutan	9.93	9.95	9.97	9.99	10.01	10.03	10.04	10.06	10.08	10.10	10.12	9.34	8.56	7.78	7.00	6.22	5.44	4.66	3.88	3.10	2.32	2.34	2.36	2.37	2.39	2.41
Bolivia											-1.49	-3.45	-5.41	-7.36	-9.32	-11.28	-13.24	-15.20	-17.15	-19.11	-21.07	-16.09	-11.10	-6.12	-1.13	3.85
Brazil	473.86	544.33	614.79	685.26	755.72	826.19	896.65	967.12	1,037.58	1,108.05	1,178.51	1,093.52	1,008.53	923.54	838.55	753.57	668.58	583.59	498.60	413.61	328.62	311.43	294.24	277.04	259.85	242.66
Bulgaria	4.80	7.94	11.08	14.22	17.36	20.50	23.64	26.78	29.92	33.06	36.20	34.50	32.80	31.10	29.40	27.70	26.00	24.30	22.60	20.90	19.20	17.76	16.32	14.88	13.44	12.00
Burundi																					17.14
Cape Verde											3.14	3.05	2.95	2.86	2.76	2.67	2.58	2.48	2.39	2.29	2.20	1.98	1.77	1.55	1.34	1.12
Cameroon	0.30	0.47	0.64	0.81	0.98	1.15	1.32	1.49	1.66	1.83	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Canada	7.32	6.84	6.35	5.87	5.38	4.90	4.41	3.93	3.44	2.96	2.47
Chile	67.21	70.99	74.77	78.56	82.34	86.12	89.90	93.68	97.47	101.25	105.03	113.07	121.11	129.15	137.19	145.23	153.27	161.31	169.35	177.39	185.43	174.81	164.19	153.56	142.94	132.32
China	2,313.54	2,349.56	2,385.58	2,421.60	2,457.62	2,493.64	2,529.66	2,565.68	2,601.70	2,637.72	2,673.74	2,633.04	2,592.34	2,551.64	2,510.94	2,470.24	2,429.54	2,388.84	2,348.14	2,307.44	2,266.74	2,227.39	2,188.04	2,148.69	2,109.34	2,069.99
Colombia	6.87	8.34	9.81	11.28	12.75	14.22	15.68	17.15	18.62	20.09	21.56	20.26	18.96	17.65	16.35	15.05	13.75	12.45	11.14	9.84	8.54	6.97	5.40	3.82	2.25	0.68
Costa Rica	4.77	4.70	4.63	4.55	4.48	4.41	4.34	4.27	4.19	4.12	4.05	5.28	6.51	7.75	8.98	10.21	11.44	12.67	13.91	15.14	16.37	16.37	16.37	16.37	16.37	16.37
Croatia	3.54	3.57	3.60	3.63	3.66	3.69	3.71	3.74	3.77	3.80	3.83	3.50	3.16	2.83	2.49	2.16	1.83	1.49	1.16	0.82	0.49	1.09	1.68	2.28	2.87	3.47
Cuba	37.70	38.90	40.10	41.30	42.50	43.70	44.90	46.10	47.30	48.50	49.70	49.77	49.84	49.91	49.98	50.05	50.12	50.19	50.26	50.33	50.40	42.64	34.88	27.12	19.36	11.60
Denmark	4.05	3.81	3.57	3.34	3.10	2.86	2.62	2.38	2.15	1.91	1.67	2.29	2.92	3.54	4.16	4.79	5.41	6.03	6.65	7.28	7.90	6.59	5.29	3.98	2.68	1.37
Djibouti																										0.20
Dominican Republic	38.38	35.57	32.77	29.96	27.16	24.35	21.54	18.74	15.93	13.13	10.32	11.75	13.18	14.60	16.03	17.46	18.89	20.32	21.74	23.17	24.60
Ecuador	39.77	39.28	38.79	38.29	37.80	37.31	36.82	36.33	35.83	35.34	34.85	36.80	38.75	40.69	42.64	44.59	46.54	48.49	50.43	52.38	54.33	48.05	41.78	35.50	29.23	22.95
Estonia	3.49	4.75	6.00	7.26	8.51	9.77	11.03	12.28	13.54	14.79	16.05	17.27	18.49	19.70	20.92	22.14	23.36	24.58	25.79	27.01	28.23	24.28	20.33	16.39	12.44	8.49
Ethiopia	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00
Finland	69.21	60.46	51.71	42.97	34.22	25.47	16.72	7.97	-0.77	-9.52	-18.27	-13.05	-7.83	-2.61	2.61	7.84	13.06	18.28	23.50	28.72	33.94
Gabon	4.13	4.69	5.24	5.80	6.35	6.91	7.46	8.02	8.57	9.13	9.68	9.45	9.22	8.99	8.76	8.53	8.29	8.06	7.83	7.60	7.37	7.37	7.37	7.37	7.37	7.37
Georgia	0.83	1.37	1.90	2.44	2.97	3.51	4.04	4.58	5.11	5.65	6.18
Germany	12.20	12.11	12.03	11.94	11.85	11.77	11.68	11.59	11.50	11.42	11.33	11.10	10.86	10.63	10.40	10.17	9.93	9.70	9.47	9.23	9.00	8.60	8.20	7.80	7.40	7.00
Guadeloupe	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.14	0.17	0.19	0.22	0.25	0.28	0.31	0.33	0.36	0.39	0.35	0.31	0.27	0.23	0.19
Guinea	12.00
Honduras	2.35	2.37	2.39	2.40	2.42	2.44	2.46	2.48	2.49	2.51	2.53	2.48	2.44	2.39	2.35	2.30	2.25	2.21	2.16	2.12	2.07	2.11	2.15	2.20	2.24	2.28
Hungary	11.56	11.80	12.04	12.28	12.52	12.76	12.99	13.23	13.47	13.71	13.95	13.00	12.05	11.10	10.15	9.20	8.24	7.29	6.34	5.39	4.44	3.87	3.30	2.72	2.15	1.58
Iceland	1.28	1.30	1.32	1.34	1.36	1.38	1.40	1.42	1.44	1.46	1.48	1.40	1.32	1.25	1.17	1.09	1.01	0.93	0.86	0.78	0.70	0.69	0.68	0.66	0.65	0.64
India	749.30	756.37	763.44	770.51	777.58	784.65	791.72	798.79	805.86	812.93	820.00	831.48	842.96	854.44	865.92	877.40	888.88	900.36	911.84	923.32	934.80	934.80	934.80	934.80	934.80	934.80
Indonesia	799.50	800.24	800.98	801.73	802.47	803.21	803.95	804.69	805.44	806.18	806.92	757.86	708.81	659.75	610.69	561.63	512.58	463.52	414.46	365.40	316.35	267.29	218.23	169.17	120.12	71.06
Iraq	1.40	1.33	1.26	1.19	1.12	1.05	0.98	0.91	0.84	0.77	0.70
Ireland	17.49	16.70	15.92	15.13	14.34	13.56	12.77	11.98	11.19	10.41	9.62	9.41	9.19	8.98	8.76	8.55	8.34	8.12	7.91	7.69	7.48	7.20	6.92	6.65	6.37	6.09
Italy																					57.50
Jamaica	0.86	1.22	1.57	1.93	2.28	2.64	3.00	3.35	3.71	4.06	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.43	4.43	4.43
Kyrgyzstan	4.45	4.49	4.54	4.58	4.62	4.67	4.71	4.75	4.79	4.84	4.88	4.84	4.79	4.75	4.70	4.66	4.61	4.57	4.52	4.48	4.43	6.09	7.74	9.40	11.05	12.71
Latvia	6.80	7.47	8.14	8.81	9.48	10.16	10.83	11.50	12.17	12.84	13.51	12.58	11.64	10.71	9.77	8.84	7.91	6.97	6.04	5.10	4.17	4.18	4.19	4.21	4.22	4.23
Liechtenstein	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21
Lithuania											15.14	13.98	12.82	11.66	10.50	9.34	8.18	7.02	5.86	4.70	3.54	3.42	3.30	3.18	3.06	2.94
Madagascar	3.60
Mali	5.00	7.50	10.00	12.50	15.00	17.50	20.00	22.50	25.00	27.50	30.00
Martinique	0.17	0.18	0.19	0.21	0.22	0.23	0.24	0.25	0.27	0.28	0.29	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36
Mauritania	32.28	32.55	32.82	33.10	33.37	33.64	33.91	34.18	34.46	34.73	35.00	35.24	35.47	35.71	35.94	36.18	36.41	36.65	36.88	37.12	37.35	37.87	38.38	38.90	39.41	39.93
Mauritius	0.10	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.11	0.13	0.16	0.18	0.21
Mayotte	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Mexico	464.78	446.41	428.03	409.66	391.29	372.92	354.54	336.17	317.80	299.42	281.05	261.86	242.67	223.47	204.28	185.09	165.90	146.71	127.51	108.32	89.13	78.91	68.70	58.48	48.27	38.05
Mongolia	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.27	0.28	0.30	0.31	0.33	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.39	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.41
Montenegro																					28.20	24.96	21.72	18.48	15.24	12.00
Morocco	2.90	4.40	5.90	7.39	8.89	10.39	11.89	13.39	14.88	16.38	17.88	17.17	16.45	15.74	15.02	14.31	13.60	12.88	12.17	11.45	10.74	10.90	11.07	11.23	11.40	11.56
Mozambique											45.44	46.96	48.47	49.99	51.50	53.02	54.54	56.05	57.57	59.08	60.60	54.04	47.47	40.91	34.34	27.78
Burma (Myanmar)											27.45	26.72	25.99	25.26	24.53	23.81	23.08	22.35	21.62	20.89	20.16	16.97	13.78	10.59	7.40	4.21
Nepal	11.00	11.90	12.80	13.70	14.60	15.50	16.40	17.30	18.20	19.10	20.00
Netherlands	2.56	2.70	2.85	2.99	3.14	3.28	3.42	3.57	3.71	3.86	4.00	3.88	3.76	3.64	3.52	3.40	3.27	3.15	3.03	2.91	2.79	2.86	2.92	2.99	3.05	3.12
New Zealand	63.30	58.75	54.20	49.65	45.10	40.55	36.00	31.45	26.90	22.35	17.80	16.85	15.90	14.95	14.00	13.06	12.11	11.16	10.21	9.26	8.31	9.80	11.30	12.79	14.29	15.78
Nicaragua	0.20	0.32	0.43	0.55	0.67	0.79	0.90	1.02	1.14	1.25	1.37	1.74	2.10	2.47	2.83	3.20	3.57	3.93	4.30	4.66	5.03	5.03	5.03	5.03	5.03	5.03
Niger	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50
Nigeria	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Norway	3.02	3.26	3.50	3.73	3.97	4.21	4.45	4.69	4.92	5.16	5.40	6.24	7.08	7.91	8.75	9.59	10.43	11.27	12.10	12.94	13.78	13.75	13.72	13.68	13.65	13.62
Panama	2.42	2.41	2.40	2.39	2.38	2.37	2.35	2.34	2.33	2.32	2.31	2.19	2.07	1.95	1.83	1.71	1.58	1.46	1.34	1.22	1.10	1.10	1.09	1.09	1.08	1.08
Peru	45.21	43.24	41.26	39.29	37.32	35.35	33.37	31.40	29.43	27.45	25.48	24.68	23.87	23.07	22.27	21.47	20.66	19.86	19.06	18.25	17.45	15.21	12.97	10.74	8.50	6.26
Poland	18.21	19.15	20.08	21.02	21.96	22.90	23.83	24.77	25.71	26.64	27.58	26.70	25.83	24.95	24.08	23.20	22.32	21.45	20.57	19.70	18.82	17.73	16.64	15.55	14.46	13.37
Portugal																					51.60
Moldova	2.78	2.98	3.19	3.39	3.59	3.80	4.00	4.20	4.40	4.61	4.81	4.66	4.51	4.36	4.21	4.06	3.91	3.76	3.61	3.46	3.31	2.72	2.13	1.54	0.95	0.36
Reunion	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.36	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.41	0.42	0.44	0.45	0.47	0.48
Romania											15.08	20.50	25.93	31.35	36.77	42.20	47.62	53.04	58.46	63.89	69.31	58.17	47.04	35.90	24.77	13.63
Russia	31.86	87.35	142.83	198.32	253.80	309.29	364.77	420.26	475.74	531.23	586.71	552.68	518.65	484.61	450.58	416.55	382.52	348.49	314.45	280.42	246.39	212.36	178.33	144.29	110.26	76.23
Senegal																					11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
Serbia	14.70	15.76	16.82	17.88	18.94	20.00	21.06	22.12	23.18	24.24	25.30	22.91	20.52	18.13	15.74	13.35	10.96	8.57	6.18	3.79	1.40	1.25	1.10	0.96	0.81	0.66
Singapore	0.50	0.47	0.44	0.41	0.38	0.36	0.33	0.30	0.27	0.24	0.21	0.19	0.18	0.16	0.15	0.13	0.11	0.10	0.08	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.06
Slovenia	4.50	4.23	3.96	3.68	3.41	3.14	2.87	2.60	2.32	2.05	1.78	1.65	1.52	1.40	1.27	1.14	1.01	0.88	0.76	0.63	0.50
South Africa	362.60	362.60	362.60	362.60	362.60	362.60	362.60	362.60	362.60	362.60	362.60	342.60	322.60	302.60	282.60	262.60	242.60	222.60	202.60	182.60	162.60	162.60	162.60	162.60	162.60	162.60
Spain											150.84	136.07	121.30	106.53	91.76	77.00	62.23	47.46	32.69	17.92	3.15	4.11	5.07	6.02	6.98	7.94
Sudan	226.98	225.24	223.49	221.75	220.00	218.26	216.52	214.77	213.03	211.28	209.54	198.42	187.29	176.17	165.04	153.92	142.79	131.67	120.54	109.42	98.29	97.42	96.54	95.67	94.79	93.92
Suriname											0.01	0.03	0.05	0.07	0.09	0.12	0.14	0.16	0.18	0.20	0.22	0.29	0.36	0.43	0.50	0.57
Sweden	21.49	20.52	19.56	18.59	17.62	16.66	15.69	14.72	13.75	12.79	11.82	12.59	13.37	14.14	14.91	15.69	16.46	17.23	18.00	18.78	19.55	18.25	16.95	15.65	14.35	13.05
Switzerland	5.43	5.38	5.32	5.27	5.22	5.17	5.11	5.06	5.01	4.95	4.90	4.89	4.88	4.86	4.85	4.84	4.83	4.82	4.80	4.79	4.78	4.78	4.78	4.78	4.78	4.78
Syria	83.25	80.03	76.81	73.59	70.37	67.15	63.93	60.71	57.49	54.27	51.05	47.49	43.94	40.38	36.83	33.27	29.71	26.16	22.60	19.05	15.49	12.40	9.31	6.23	3.14	0.05
Thailand	26.70	36.58	46.46	56.34	66.22	76.10	85.98	95.86	105.74	115.62	125.50	122.15	118.80	115.45	112.10	108.75	105.40	102.05	98.70	95.35	92.00
Togo	1.00	1.05	1.10	1.15	1.20	1.25	1.30	1.35	1.40	1.45	1.50	1.55	1.60	1.65	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.90	1.95	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Tunisia	6.71	6.67	6.63	6.59	6.55	6.51	6.46	6.42	6.38	6.34	6.30	5.97	5.63	5.30	4.96	4.63	4.29	3.96	3.62	3.29	2.95	2.78	2.61	2.44	2.27	2.10
Turkey	38.71	44.32	49.94	55.55	61.17	66.78	72.39	78.01	83.62	89.24	94.85	96.41	97.97	99.54	101.10	102.66	104.22	105.78	107.35	108.91	110.47	112.21	113.95	115.70	117.44	119.18
Uganda	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84	9.84
Ukraine	24.10	22.17	20.25	18.32	16.39	14.47	12.54	10.61	8.68	6.76	4.83	6.57	8.30	10.04	11.78	13.52	15.25	16.99	18.73	20.46	22.20	19.10	16.00	12.90	9.80	6.70
United Kingdom											10.70	11.60	12.50	13.40	14.30	15.20	16.10	17.00	17.90	18.80	19.70
Tanzania	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	26.47	24.93	23.40	21.87	20.33	18.80	17.27	15.73	14.20	12.67	11.13	9.60	8.07	6.53	5.00
United States	108.60	149.58	190.56	231.54	272.52	313.50	354.48	395.46	436.44	477.42	518.40	494.06	469.72	445.38	421.04	396.70	372.36	348.02	323.68	299.34	275.00
Uruguay											36.89	37.16	37.43	37.69	37.96	38.23	38.50	38.77	39.03	39.30	39.57
Uzbekistan	42.00	42.18	42.36	42.54	42.72	42.91	43.09	43.27	43.45	43.63	43.81	43.53	43.25	42.97	42.69	42.41	42.12	41.84	41.56	41.28	41.00	41.24	41.48	41.72	41.96	42.20
Venezuela	16.35	16.65	16.96	17.26	17.57	17.87	18.17	18.48	18.78	19.09	19.39	19.24	19.09	18.93	18.78	18.63	18.48	18.33	18.17	18.02	17.87	17.87	17.87	17.87	17.87	17.87
Vietnam	240.81	232.77	224.73	216.69	208.65	200.61	192.56	184.52	176.48	168.44	160.40	160.42	160.44	160.47	160.49	160.51	160.53	160.55	160.58	160.60	160.62	152.06	143.51	134.95	126.40	117.84
Zambia											0.45	0.56	0.66	0.77	0.87	0.98	1.08	1.19	1.29	1.40	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50

Expansion of forest on land that, until then, was under a different land use, implies a transformation of land use from non-forest to forest. Includes afforestation (establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was under a different land use, implies a transformation of land use form non-forest to forest) and natural expansion of forest (expansion of forest through natural succession on land that, until then, was under a different land use, implies a transformation of land use form non-forest to forest —e.g. forest succession on land previously used for agriculture).

Source: Global Forest Resources Assessment

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