Forest area in Austria

Forests covered 47.3% of the land area of Austria in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Austria, 2024 47.3% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 47.2%
European Union, 2023 40.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Austria (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 34.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 63rd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Austria over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2024 47.3% –
2023 47.2% 40.1%
2022 47.2% 40.0%
2021 47.2% 40.0%
2020 47.1% 39.9%
2019 47.1% 39.9%
2018 47.1% 39.8%
2017 47.0% 39.8%
2016 47.0% 39.7%
2015 47.0% 39.7%
2014 46.9% 39.6%
2013 46.9% 39.5%
2012 46.9% 39.4%
2011 46.8% 39.4%
2010 46.8% 39.3%
2009 46.8% 39.2%
2008 46.7% 39.1%
2007 46.7% 38.9%
2006 46.7% 38.8%
2005 46.7% 38.7%
2004 46.6% 38.6%
2003 46.6% 38.4%
2002 46.6% 38.3%
2001 46.5% 38.2%
2000 46.5% 38.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 47.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 46.9%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Austria has the 63rd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Austria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)