Forest area in Italy

Forests covered 31.8% of the land area of Italy 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
Italy, 2024 31.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 31.8%
European Union, 2023 40.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Italy (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 34.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 109th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Italy 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 ItalyEuropean Union
2024 31.8% –
2023 31.8% 40.1%
2022 31.7% 40.0%
2021 31.7% 40.0%
2020 31.7% 39.9%
2019 31.3% 39.9%
2018 31.0% 39.8%
2017 30.7% 39.8%
2016 30.4% 39.7%
2015 30.1% 39.7%
2014 30.2% 39.6%
2013 30.3% 39.5%
2012 30.4% 39.4%
2011 30.4% 39.4%
2010 30.5% 39.3%
2009 30.3% 39.2%
2008 30.1% 39.1%
2007 29.9% 38.9%
2006 29.6% 38.8%
2005 29.4% 38.7%
2004 29.2% 38.6%
2003 29.0% 38.4%
2002 28.7% 38.3%
2001 28.5% 38.2%
2000 28.3% 38.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 31.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 30.2%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Italy has the 109th 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 Italy
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)