Euro area - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Euro area was 1,036,487 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,036,487 in 2020 and a minimum value of 918,316 in 1990.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 918,316
1991 924,191
1992 930,508
1993 936,406
1994 942,501
1995 948,596
1996 954,692
1997 960,787
1998 966,882
1999 972,978
2000 978,203
2001 982,132
2002 986,061
2003 989,989
2004 993,918
2005 997,847
2006 1,001,776
2007 1,005,704
2008 1,009,633
2009 1,013,562
2010 1,017,491
2011 1,019,686
2012 1,021,882
2013 1,024,078
2014 1,026,274
2015 1,028,470
2016 1,030,071
2017 1,031,881
2018 1,033,420
2019 1,034,958
2020 1,036,487

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Euro area was 38.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 38.64 in 2020, while its lowest value was 34.25 in 1990.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 34.25
1991 34.47
1992 34.71
1993 34.93
1994 35.16
1995 35.39
1996 35.61
1997 35.84
1998 36.07
1999 36.30
2000 36.53
2001 36.69
2002 36.83
2003 36.97
2004 37.12
2005 37.27
2006 37.42
2007 37.57
2008 37.72
2009 37.87
2010 38.00
2011 38.08
2012 38.16
2013 38.22
2014 38.31
2015 38.40
2016 38.45
2017 38.52
2018 38.53
2019 38.58
2020 38.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use