Forest area in Euro area
Euro area: Forest area was 1.10 million sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Euro area, 1990–2023
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 1.10 million sq. km for forest area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Euro area peaked at 1.10 million sq. km in 2023 and was at its lowest, 838,744 sq. km, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 962,776 sq. km | 838,744 sq. km | 1.02 million sq. km | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 million sq. km | 1.03 million sq. km | 1.07 million sq. km | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million sq. km | 1.07 million sq. km | 1.09 million sq. km | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million sq. km | 1.09 million sq. km | 1.10 million sq. km | 4 |
More agriculture & rural data for Euro area
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 22.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 80.79 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 278.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 16.86 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal yield 5,368 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal production 90.52 million metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Euro area?
- Forest area in Euro area was 1.10 million sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million sq. km in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 838,744 sq. km in 1990.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Forest area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.