Forest area in Euro area

Forests covered 38.8% of the land area of the euro area in 2023. The value for 2023 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 2023 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2023 38.8% % of land area
Change from 2022 +0.1percentage points 2022: 38.7%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate

Forest area in Euro area 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 2023
Period Euro areaWorld
2023 38.8% 31.1%
2022 38.7% 31.1%
2021 38.7% 31.2%
2020 38.6% 31.2%
2019 38.5% 31.2%
2018 38.5% 31.3%
2017 38.4% 31.3%
2016 38.3% 31.3%
2015 38.3% 31.4%
2014 38.2% 31.4%
2013 38.1% 31.4%
2012 38.0% 31.5%
2011 38.0% 31.9%
2010 37.9% 31.9%
2009 37.7% 32.0%
2008 37.6% 32.0%
2007 37.4% 32.1%
2006 37.3% 32.1%
2005 37.1% 32.1%
2004 37.0% 32.2%
2003 36.8% 32.3%
2002 36.7% 32.3%
2001 36.5% 32.3%
2000 36.3% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 38.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 38.1%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 31.1%.

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 2023 for Euro area
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)