Environment in Turkey

735 indicators covering environment for Turkey.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total fisheries production (metric tons), per square kilometre 1.31 metric tons per square kilometre 2023 up 66.2% 90th
Sawnwood — Import quantity, per square kilometre 1.13 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% 92nd
Sawnwood — Import value, per square kilometre 0.3529 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% 93rd
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Ratio of Value Added 3.17 2023 up 30.1% 75th
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Ratio of Value Added 3.17 2023 up 30.1% 74th
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index 0.3045 2023 up 120.2% 46th
Share of global forest area 0.6% 2025 up 6.5% 28th
Forest area 22.81 million hectares 2025 up 5.4% 28th
Arable land use per person 0.2376 hectares per person 2023 down 12.0% 45th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 64.7% 28th
Plywood and LVL — Production 605,000 m3 2024 up 303.3% 17th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 2.69 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% 42nd
Paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate -0.4307 % change on previous year 2024 down 123.2% 110th
Dissolving wood pulp — Import value 21,391 1000 USD 2024 up 2,480.3% 20th
Dissolving wood pulp — Import quantity 20,909 t 2024 up 3,256.2% 17th
Primary Forest — Area 0 1000 ha 2025 126th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import value 1.11 million 1000 USD 2024 up 75.8% 8th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity 1.53 million t 2024 up 61.4% 8th
Recovered paper — Import value 274,508 1000 USD 2024 up 724.9% 12th
Recovered paper — Import quantity 1.56 million t 2024 up 750.6% 12th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 117,080 hectares 2025 up 7.0% 3rd
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.5% 2025 up 1.5% 19th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.5% 2025 up 1.5% 20th
Annual change in forest area 117,080 hectares 2025 up 7.0% 3rd
Fibreboard — Export value 938,339 1000 USD 2024 up 197.6% 4th
Fibreboard — Export quantity 1.94 million m3 2024 up 244.3% 5th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.0% 44th
Forest land — Area 22,806 1000 ha 2025 up 5.4% 34th
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 96.69 % 2025 down 0.1% 110th
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 22,051 1000 ha 2025 up 5.3% 31st
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate 4.66 % change on previous year 2024 down 79.5% 90th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 24,152 1000 USD 2024 up 232.2% 38th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 5,509 t 2024 up 145.2% 38th
Other fibreboard — Import value 1,039 1000 USD 2024 up 84.9% 73rd
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 1,405 m3 2024 up 353.2% 89th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 61,386 m3 2024 up 335.8% 50th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 13,788 1000 USD 2024 up 169.0% 54th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 3.31 % 2025 up 2.5% 134th
Planted Forest — Area 755.01 1000 ha 2025 up 8.2% 51st
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 6.15 million m3 2024 up 43.5% 18th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 128,054 1000 USD 2024 up 268.4% 37th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 162,398 t 2024 up 97.9% 51st
Emissions of air pollutants 934,732 tonnes 2022 up 3.7% 26th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 8.16 % change on previous year 2024 up 204.4% 16th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.2408 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 178.7% 37th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 56,708 t 2024 up 184.6% 41st
Graphic papers — Export value 60,008 1000 USD 2024 up 163.2% 39th
Heat Index 35 0.41 2024 up 485.7% 100th
Wood pulp — Export value 115,984 1000 USD 2024 up 329.1% 35th
Wood pulp — Export quantity 109,645 t 2024 up 185.3% 38th
Newsprint — Export quantity 1,572 t 2024 up 44.5% 41st
Veneer sheets — Export value 33,187 1000 USD 2024 up 24.2% 34th
Veneer sheets — Export quantity 34,029 m3 2024 up 90.0% 37th
Newsprint — Export value 1,434 1000 USD 2024 up 81.3% 41st
Wood charcoal — Export value 7,600 1000 USD 2024 up 1,162.5% 33rd
F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes 8.92 Mt CO2e 2024 up 86.7% 29th
Pulp for paper — Export value 116,095 1000 USD 2024 up 327.5% 30th
Pulp for paper — Export quantity 110,273 t 2024 up 184.8% 34th
Wood charcoal — Export quantity 11,104 t 2024 up 788.3% 39th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import value 23,484 1000 USD 2024 up 157.9% 17th