Forest area in Hungary

Forests covered 22.8% of the land area of Hungary 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
Hungary, 2024 22.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 22.7%
European Union, 2023 40.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Hungary (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 34.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 124th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Hungary 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 HungaryEuropean Union
2024 22.8% –
2023 22.7% 40.1%
2022 22.7% 40.0%
2021 22.6% 40.0%
2020 22.5% 39.9%
2019 22.5% 39.9%
2018 22.6% 39.8%
2017 22.6% 39.8%
2016 22.6% 39.7%
2015 22.6% 39.7%
2014 22.6% 39.6%
2013 22.7% 39.5%
2012 22.7% 39.4%
2011 22.6% 39.4%
2010 22.6% 39.3%
2009 22.5% 39.2%
2008 22.6% 39.1%
2007 22.4% 38.9%
2006 22.3% 38.8%
2005 22.1% 38.7%
2004 22.0% 38.6%
2003 21.9% 38.4%
2002 21.7% 38.3%
2001 21.6% 38.2%
2000 21.4% 38.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 22.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.6%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Hungary has the 124th 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 Hungary
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)