Forest area in Euro area
Euro area: Forest area was 1.10 million sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Euro area, 1990–2023
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 1.10 million sq. km for forest area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Euro area peaked at 1.10 million sq. km in 2023 and was at its lowest, 838,744 sq. km, in 1990.
Euro area ranks 35th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Forest area in Euro area, year by year
| Year | sq. km | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 838,744 sq. km | — |
| 1991 | 844,676 sq. km | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 954,740 sq. km | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 979,950 sq. km | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 986,138 sq. km | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 992,325 sq. km | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 998,513 sq. km | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.00 million sq. km | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1.01 million sq. km | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.02 million sq. km | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.03 million sq. km | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 1.04 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.04 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.04 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.05 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1.05 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1.06 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.06 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.07 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.07 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.07 million sq. km | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.08 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.08 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.08 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.08 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.09 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.09 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.09 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.09 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.09 million sq. km | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.09 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.10 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million sq. km | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.10 million sq. km | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 962,776 sq. km | 838,744 sq. km | 1.02 million sq. km | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 million sq. km | 1.03 million sq. km | 1.07 million sq. km | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million sq. km | 1.07 million sq. km | 1.09 million sq. km | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million sq. km | 1.09 million sq. km | 1.10 million sq. km | 4 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More agriculture & rural data for Euro area
- Rural population, per capita 0.2252 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 80.79 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 22.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 776.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Euro area?
- Forest area in Euro area was 1.10 million sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million sq. km in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 838,744 sq. km in 1990.
- How does Euro area rank for forest area?
- Euro area ranks 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Forest area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land 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.