Forest area in Lithuania

Forests covered 35.4% of the land area of Lithuania in 2024. The value for 2024 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 2024 Source: World Bank
Lithuania, 2024 35.4% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 35.3%
European Union, 2023 40.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Lithuania (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 34.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 94th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Lithuania 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 LithuaniaEuropean Union
2024 35.4% –
2023 35.3% 40.1%
2022 35.3% 40.0%
2021 35.2% 40.0%
2020 35.2% 39.9%
2019 35.1% 39.9%
2018 35.1% 39.8%
2017 35.0% 39.8%
2016 35.0% 39.7%
2015 34.9% 39.7%
2014 34.9% 39.6%
2013 34.8% 39.5%
2012 34.7% 39.4%
2011 34.7% 39.4%
2010 34.6% 39.3%
2009 34.4% 39.2%
2008 34.1% 39.1%
2007 33.9% 38.9%
2006 33.7% 38.8%
2005 33.4% 38.7%
2004 33.2% 38.6%
2003 32.9% 38.4%
2002 32.7% 38.3%
2001 32.5% 38.2%
2000 32.2% 38.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 35.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.9%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Lithuania has the 94th 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
1992 to 2024 for Lithuania
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)