Forest area in Romania

Forests covered 30.2% of the land area of Romania 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
Romania, 2024 30.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 30.2%
European Union, 2023 40.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Romania (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 34.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 112th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Romania 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 RomaniaEuropean Union
2024 30.2% –
2023 30.2% 40.1%
2022 30.2% 40.0%
2021 30.1% 40.0%
2020 30.1% 39.9%
2019 30.1% 39.9%
2018 30.1% 39.8%
2017 30.0% 39.8%
2016 30.0% 39.7%
2015 30.0% 39.7%
2014 29.7% 39.6%
2013 29.3% 39.5%
2012 29.0% 39.4%
2011 28.6% 39.4%
2010 28.3% 39.3%
2009 28.3% 39.2%
2008 28.2% 39.1%
2007 28.1% 38.9%
2006 28.1% 38.8%
2005 28.0% 38.7%
2004 27.9% 38.6%
2003 27.9% 38.4%
2002 27.8% 38.3%
2001 27.8% 38.2%
2000 27.7% 38.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 30.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 29.7%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Romania has the 112th 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 Romania
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)