Forest area in Finland

Forests covered 74.2% of the land area of Finland in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Finland, 2024 74.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 74.2%
European Union, 2023 40.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Finland (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 34.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 13th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Finland 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 FinlandEuropean Union
2024 74.2% –
2023 74.2% 40.1%
2022 74.2% 40.0%
2021 74.2% 40.0%
2020 74.2% 39.9%
2019 74.1% 39.9%
2018 74.0% 39.8%
2017 73.9% 39.8%
2016 73.8% 39.7%
2015 73.7% 39.7%
2014 73.6% 39.6%
2013 73.5% 39.5%
2012 73.4% 39.4%
2011 73.3% 39.4%
2010 73.2% 39.3%
2009 73.3% 39.2%
2008 73.3% 39.1%
2007 73.3% 38.9%
2006 73.4% 38.8%
2005 73.4% 38.7%
2004 73.4% 38.6%
2003 73.5% 38.4%
2002 73.6% 38.3%
2001 73.6% 38.2%
2000 73.7% 38.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 74.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 73.6%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Finland has the 13th 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 Finland
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)