Forest area in Europe

44 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: % of land area. World ranking →

First in the ranking
74.2 %
Finland
Median country
34.6 %
half above, half below
Range
0.1 to 74.2
Faroe Islands - Finland

How to read it

Across 44 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Finland (74.2 %) and the lowest in Faroe Islands (0.1 %).

The median country is at 34.6 %: half are above, half below.

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

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Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture… · via World Bank WDI (AG.LND.FRST.ZS) · licence

Forest area over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Finland74.2
2Sweden68.6
3Slovenia61.8
4Montenegro61.5
5Estonia57.2
6Latvia55.6
7Russia50.8
8Austria47.3
9Belarus44.1
10Bosnia and Herzegovina42.2
11North Macedonia40.8
12Slovakia40.3
13Serbia39.2
14Andorra38.9
15Czechia38.4
16Spain38.2
17Greece36.9
18Liechtenstein36.8
19Portugal36.6
20Bulgaria36.4
21Lithuania35.4
22Croatia34.8
23Luxembourg34.5
24Albania34.3
25Norway33.2
26France32.9
27Germany32.8
28Switzerland32.0
29Italy31.8
30Poland31.0
31Romania30.2
32Hungary22.8
33Belgium22.0
34Ukraine17.3
35San Marino16.3
36Denmark16.0
37United Kingdom13.5
38Ireland12.0
39Moldova11.3
40Netherlands11.0
41Isle of Man6.4
42Malta1.5
43Iceland0.6
44Faroe Islands0.1
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