Italy - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Italy was 95,661 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95,661 in 2020 and a minimum value of 75,898 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.

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Year Value
1990 75,898
1991 76,677
1992 77,457
1993 78,236
1994 79,016
1995 79,795
1996 80,575
1997 81,354
1998 82,134
1999 82,913
2000 83,693
2001 84,351
2002 85,010
2003 85,669
2004 86,328
2005 86,986
2006 87,645
2007 88,304
2008 88,963
2009 89,622
2010 90,280
2011 90,818
2012 91,357
2013 91,895
2014 92,433
2015 92,971
2016 93,509
2017 94,047
2018 94,585
2019 95,123
2020 95,661

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Italy was 32.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 32.13 in 2020, while its lowest value was 25.81 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.

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Year Value
1990 25.81
1991 26.07
1992 26.34
1993 26.60
1994 26.87
1995 27.13
1996 27.40
1997 27.66
1998 27.93
1999 28.19
2000 28.46
2001 28.68
2002 28.90
2003 29.13
2004 29.35
2005 29.57
2006 29.80
2007 30.02
2008 30.25
2009 30.47
2010 30.69
2011 30.88
2012 31.06
2013 31.24
2014 31.42
2015 31.61
2016 31.79
2017 31.97
2018 31.77
2019 31.95
2020 32.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use