Forest area in Denmark

Forests covered 16.0% of the land area of Denmark 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
Denmark, 2024 16.0% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 16.0%
European Union, 2023 40.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Denmark (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 34.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 142nd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Denmark 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 DenmarkEuropean Union
2024 16.0% –
2023 16.0% 40.1%
2022 15.9% 40.0%
2021 15.9% 40.0%
2020 15.8% 39.9%
2019 15.8% 39.9%
2018 15.7% 39.8%
2017 15.7% 39.8%
2016 15.6% 39.7%
2015 15.6% 39.7%
2014 15.4% 39.6%
2013 15.2% 39.5%
2012 15.0% 39.4%
2011 14.8% 39.4%
2010 14.7% 39.3%
2009 14.6% 39.2%
2008 14.6% 39.1%
2007 14.5% 38.9%
2006 14.5% 38.8%
2005 14.5% 38.7%
2004 14.4% 38.6%
2003 14.4% 38.4%
2002 14.4% 38.3%
2001 14.3% 38.2%
2000 14.3% 38.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 16.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.4%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Denmark has the 142nd 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 Denmark
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)