Natural 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
Albania	0.40	1.84	3.28	4.72	6.16	7.60	9.04	10.48	11.92	13.36	14.80
Australia	374.05	369.88	365.72	361.55	357.39	353.22	349.05	344.89	340.72	336.56	332.39	410.98	489.56	568.15	646.74	725.33	803.91	882.50	961.09	1,039.67	1,118.26
Austria	8.00	8.16	8.32	8.48	8.64	8.80	8.96	9.12	9.28	9.44	9.60	9.55	9.50	9.45	9.40	9.35	9.30	9.25	9.20	9.15	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.10
Azerbaijan	0.40	0.69	0.97	1.26	1.54	1.83	2.11	2.40	2.68	2.97	3.25	3.40	3.54	3.69	3.84	3.99	4.13	4.28	4.43	4.57	4.72	4.78	4.83	4.89	4.94	5.00
Belarus	42.56	40.22	37.87	35.53	33.18	30.84	28.50	26.15	23.81	21.46	19.12	18.92	18.71	18.51	18.30	18.10	17.90	17.69	17.49	17.28	17.08	18.67	20.27	21.86	23.46	25.05
Belgium																					0.70	0.86	1.02	1.18	1.34	1.50
Bhutan	9.91	9.92	9.92	9.93	9.93	9.94	9.94	9.95	9.95	9.96	9.96	9.18	8.39	7.61	6.82	6.04	5.26	4.47	3.69	2.90	2.12	2.14	2.16	2.17	2.19	2.21
Bulgaria	1.90	5.04	8.17	11.31	14.44	17.58	20.72	23.85	26.99	30.12	33.26	31.81	30.37	28.92	27.48	26.03	24.58	23.14	21.69	20.25	18.80	17.42	16.04	14.66	13.28	11.90
Chile	3.60	8.42	13.24	18.06	22.88	27.70	32.51	37.33	42.15	46.97	51.79	64.03	76.27	88.51	100.75	112.99	125.23	137.47	149.71	161.95	174.19	165.33	156.47	147.61	138.75	129.89
China	1,128.54	1,125.78	1,123.02	1,120.26	1,117.50	1,114.74	1,111.98	1,109.22	1,106.46	1,103.70	1,100.94	1,095.43	1,089.92	1,084.41	1,078.90	1,073.39	1,067.88	1,062.37	1,056.86	1,051.35	1,045.84	1,037.11	1,028.38	1,019.65	1,010.92	1,002.19
Costa Rica											0.55	1.75	2.95	4.14	5.34	6.54	7.74	8.94	10.13	11.33	12.53	12.88	13.22	13.57	13.91	14.26
Croatia	3.27	3.31	3.35	3.39	3.43	3.47	3.51	3.55	3.59	3.63	3.67	3.33	3.00	2.66	2.32	1.99	1.65	1.31	0.97	0.64	0.30	0.93	1.56	2.18	2.81	3.44
Dominican Republic	35.60	32.37	29.15	25.92	22.69	19.47	16.24	13.01	9.78	6.56	3.33	4.79	6.24	7.70	9.15	10.61	12.07	13.52	14.98	16.43	17.89
Estonia	2.79	3.80	4.80	5.81	6.81	7.82	8.82	9.83	10.83	11.84	12.84	13.81	14.79	15.76	16.74	17.71	18.68	19.66	20.63	21.61	22.58	19.42	16.26	13.11	9.95	6.79
Finland	8.65	7.80	6.96	6.11	5.27	4.42	3.57	2.73	1.88	1.04	0.19	0.29	0.38	0.48	0.58	0.68	0.77	0.87	0.97	1.06	1.16
Georgia	0.23	0.33	0.42	0.52	0.62	0.72	0.81	0.91	1.01	1.10	1.20
Germany	4.00	3.80	3.60	3.40	3.20	3.00	2.80	2.60	2.40	2.20	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.20	2.40	2.60	2.80	3.00
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
Hungary	5.35	5.21	5.07	4.92	4.78	4.64	4.50	4.36	4.21	4.07	3.93	3.88	3.82	3.77	3.72	3.67	3.61	3.56	3.51	3.45	3.40	2.94	2.49	2.03	1.58	1.12
Iceland	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Iraq	1.40	1.33	1.26	1.19	1.12	1.05	0.98	0.91	0.84	0.77	0.70
Ireland	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
Italy																					50.65
Jamaica	0.86	1.22	1.57	1.93	2.28	2.64	2.99	3.35	3.70	4.06	4.41	4.40	4.39	4.38	4.37	4.36	4.34	4.33	4.32	4.31	4.30	4.15	3.99	3.84	3.68	3.53
Kyrgyzstan	2.30	2.27	2.24	2.21	2.18	2.15	2.12	2.09	2.06	2.03	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.38	4.76	6.15	7.53	8.91
Latvia	6.80	7.33	7.85	8.38	8.91	9.44	9.96	10.49	11.02	11.54	12.07	11.07	10.06	9.06	8.06	7.06	6.05	5.05	4.05	3.04	2.04	2.09	2.14	2.18	2.23	2.28
Lithuania											13.14	11.86	10.59	9.31	8.04	6.76	5.48	4.21	2.93	1.66	0.38	0.48	0.58	0.67	0.77	0.87
Luxembourg	0.09	0.10	0.11	0.12	0.13	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.19	0.20
Martinique	0.02	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.16	0.18	0.20	0.22	0.23	0.25	0.26	0.28	0.29	0.31	0.32	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.36
Mexico	464.00	445.43	426.87	408.30	389.74	371.17	352.60	334.04	315.47	296.91	278.34	259.07	239.80	220.53	201.26	181.99	162.71	143.44	124.17	104.90	85.63	75.45	65.28	55.10	44.93	34.75
Mongolia	0.14	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Montenegro																					27.70	24.50	21.30	18.10	14.90	11.70
Nepal	7.00	7.50	8.00	8.50	9.00	9.50	10.00	10.50	11.00	11.50	12.00
New Zealand	1.30	1.45	1.60	1.75	1.90	2.05	2.20	2.35	2.50	2.65	2.80	2.55	2.30	2.05	1.80	1.56	1.31	1.06	0.81	0.56	0.31	1.03	1.75	2.46	3.18	3.90
Norway	2.06	2.36	2.66	2.97	3.27	3.57	3.87	4.17	4.48	4.78	5.08	5.93	6.78	7.64	8.49	9.34	10.19	11.04	11.90	12.75	13.60	13.57	13.55	13.52	13.50	13.47
Portugal																					25.10
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
Serbia	0.14	2.41	4.67	6.94	9.20	11.47	13.74	16.00	18.27	20.53	22.80	20.62	18.44	16.26	14.08	11.90	9.72	7.54	5.36	3.18	1.00	0.85	0.69	0.54	0.38	0.23
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
Spain	185.15	177.64	170.13	162.63	155.12	147.61	140.10	132.59	125.09	117.58	110.07	102.95	95.83	88.71	81.59	74.47	67.35	60.23	53.12	46.00	38.88	31.76	24.64	17.52	10.40	3.28
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
Sweden	12.62
Switzerland	3.46	3.43	3.39	3.36	3.32	3.29	3.26	3.22	3.19	3.15	3.12	3.14	3.17	3.19	3.22	3.24	3.26	3.29	3.31	3.34	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36
Turkey	16.06	17.65	19.24	20.82	22.41	24.00	25.59	27.18	28.76	30.35	31.94	32.26	32.57	32.89	33.21	33.53	33.84	34.16	34.48	34.79	35.11	35.88	36.66	37.43	38.21	38.98
Ukraine																										0.70
United States	48.90	69.91	90.92	111.93	132.94	153.95	174.96	195.97	216.98	237.99	259.00	235.90	212.80	189.70	166.60	143.50	120.40	97.30	74.20	51.10	28.00
Uruguay											0.56	2.26	3.95	5.65	7.34	9.04	10.73	12.43	14.12	15.82	17.51
Uzbekistan	5.80	5.84	5.88	5.92	5.96	6.00	6.04	6.08	6.12	6.16	6.20	5.95	5.70	5.45	5.20	4.95	4.70	4.45	4.20	3.95	3.70	3.84	3.98	4.12	4.26	4.40
Vietnam	123.40	115.46	107.52	99.57	91.63	83.69	75.75	67.81	59.86	51.92	43.98	42.40	40.82	39.24	37.67	36.09	34.51	32.93	31.35	29.77	28.19	26.61	25.04	23.46	21.88	20.30

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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