Forest expansion

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Forest expansion

thousand hectares, 1990–2015

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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
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
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
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
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
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
Myanmar (Burma)											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
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
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
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
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