Environment in Turkey

771 indicators covering environment for Turkey.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Land use 23.97 million hectares 2023 up 0.7% 16th
Dissolving wood pulp — Export quantity 5 t 2024 up 66.7% 42nd
Dissolving wood pulp — Export value 20 1000 USD 2024 up 81.8% 37th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 3.62 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% 38th
Hardboard — Export quantity 313,613 m3 2024 up 283.6% 1st
Hardboard — Export value 197,388 1000 USD 2024 up 381.3% 3rd
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 3.28 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% 37th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import quantity 1,129 t 2024 up 80.1% 36th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import value 705 1000 USD 2024 up 10.8% 42nd
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 118,771 m3 2024 down 36.8% 15th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 27,606 1000 USD 2024 down 52.5% 19th
Other fibreboard — Production 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 38th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 8.64 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 26.5% 36th
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 755,010 hectares 2025 up 8.2% 42nd
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Area 241 1000 ha 2024 down 71.4% 40th
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land 0.62 % 2024 down 71.6% 107th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 1,350 1000 USD 2024 down 59.4% 59th
Forest rents 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 186th
Water withdrawals per capita 739.86 cubic meters per person 2023 up 11.6% 38th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Production 2.05 million t 2024 down 12.0% 28th
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 18.81 2022 up 31.8% 99th
Exported deforestation 162.1 hectares 2023 down 32.7% 77th
Imported deforestation 11,570 hectares 2023 down 69.1% 24th
Deforestation embedded in trade 11,408 hectares 2023 down 69.3% 16th
Consumption-based deforestation per person 1.4 square meters 2023 down 72.0% 133rd
Dissolving wood pulp — Production 0 t 2024 29th
Industrial water withdrawal 1.30 billion cubic meters 2023 down 37.5% 44th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 8,300 t 2016 down 23.1% 9th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 3,326 1000 USD 2016 down 25.8% 12th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Export value 3,464 1000 USD 2024 up 200.2% 41st
Total official financial flows for water supply and sanitation, by recipient 170.08 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 2.5% 15th
Case materials — Production 943,960 t 2024 down 12.0% 29th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 3,000 t 2016 down 64.6% 31st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 3,198 1000 USD 2016 down 53.2% 29th
Pulpwood, round and split (production) — Production 13.56 million m3 2024 up 47.3% 16th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 426 t 2024 up 1,675.0% 43rd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 544 1000 USD 2024 up 1,992.3% 36th
Wood residues — Production 1.28 million m3 2024 up 50.2% 25th
Wood chips, particles and residues — Production 4.32 million m3 2024 up 270.3% 24th
Pulpwood, round and split, non-coniferous (production) — Production 4.60 million m3 2024 up 48.3% 20th
Freshwater Fish — Import quantity 8 1000 t 2023 down 20.0% 74th
Freshwater Fish — Domestic supply quantity 128 1000 t 2023 up 4.1% 41st
Freshwater Fish — Food 128 1000 t 2023 up 4.1% 41st
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity 1.47 kg/cap 2023 down 8.7% 114th
Total donations received for biodiversity conservation 14.57 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 94.7% 80th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply 3.07 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 9.7% 108th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply 97,717 million Kcal 2023 up 3.2% 39th
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 0.44 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.2% 106th
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 13,988 t 2023 up 2.4% 39th
Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 0.15 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.2% 108th
Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 4,647 t 2023 up 4.2% 39th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 4,300 t 2016 up 330.0% 33rd
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 1,782 1000 USD 2016 up 250.8% 35th
Freshwater Fish — Production 195 1000 t 2023 up 25.0% 31st
Freshwater Fish — Export quantity 75 1000 t 2023 up 78.6% 21st
Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected 2.6% 2025 unchanged 222nd
Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas 0.8% 2025 unchanged 169th
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas 3.8% 2025 unchanged 165th
Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) 5.0% 2025 unchanged 159th
Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered 0.8% 2025 unchanged 178th