Forest area in Europe and Central Asia

Forests covered 38.6% of the land area of Europe and Central Asia in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1992.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1992 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Europe and Central Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Europe and Central Asia, 2023 38.6% % of land area
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 38.6%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate

Forest area in Europe and Central Asia 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 Europe and Central AsiaWorld
2023 38.6% 31.1%
2022 38.6% 31.1%
2021 38.6% 31.2%
2020 38.5% 31.2%
2019 38.5% 31.2%
2018 38.5% 31.3%
2017 38.5% 31.3%
2016 38.5% 31.3%
2015 38.4% 31.4%
2014 38.4% 31.4%
2013 38.4% 31.4%
2012 38.4% 31.5%
2011 38.4% 31.9%
2010 38.3% 31.9%
2009 38.3% 32.0%
2008 38.2% 32.0%
2007 38.2% 32.1%
2006 38.1% 32.1%
2005 38.1% 32.1%
2004 38.1% 32.2%
2003 38.0% 32.3%
2002 38.0% 32.3%
2001 37.9% 32.3%
2000 37.9% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 38.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 38.4%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 31.1%.

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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
1992 to 2023 for Europe and Central Asia
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)