Forest area in Italy
Italy: Forest area was 97,276 sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Italy, 1990–2023
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.
Analysis
Italy recorded 97,276 sq. km for forest area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Italy peaked at 97,276 sq. km in 2023 and was at its lowest, 75,898 sq. km, in 1990.
That places Italy 54th out of 214 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79,405 sq. km | 75,898 sq. km | 82,913 sq. km | 10 |
| 2000s | 86,657 sq. km | 83,692 sq. km | 89,622 sq. km | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,702 sq. km | 90,280 sq. km | 95,123 sq. km | 10 |
| 2020s | 96,468 sq. km | 95,661 sq. km | 97,276 sq. km | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.05 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 5,059 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 15.45 million metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Italy?
- Forest area in Italy was 97,276 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 97,276 sq. km in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,898 sq. km in 1990.
- How does Italy rank for forest area?
- Italy ranks 54th out of 214 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.