Forest area in Ukraine

Forests covered 17.3% of the land area of Ukraine 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
Ukraine, 2024 17.3% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 17.3%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Ukraine (2024).
Position in 2024 138th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Ukraine 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 UkraineWorld
2024 17.3% –
2023 17.3% 31.1%
2022 17.2% 31.1%
2021 17.2% 31.2%
2020 17.1% 31.2%
2019 17.0% 31.2%
2018 16.9% 31.3%
2017 16.9% 31.3%
2016 16.8% 31.3%
2015 16.7% 31.4%
2014 16.7% 31.4%
2013 16.6% 31.4%
2012 16.6% 31.5%
2011 16.5% 31.9%
2010 16.5% 31.9%
2009 16.5% 32.0%
2008 16.5% 32.0%
2007 16.5% 32.1%
2006 16.5% 32.1%
2005 16.4% 32.1%
2004 16.4% 32.2%
2003 16.4% 32.3%
2002 16.4% 32.3%
2001 16.4% 32.3%
2000 16.4% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 17.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 16.7%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Ukraine has the 138th 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 Ukraine
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)