United Kingdom - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in United Kingdom was 31,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31,900 in 2020 and a minimum value of 27,780 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 27,780
1991 27,956
1992 28,132
1993 28,308
1994 28,484
1995 28,660
1996 28,836
1997 29,012
1998 29,188
1999 29,364
2000 29,540
2001 29,645
2002 29,750
2003 29,855
2004 29,960
2005 30,065
2006 30,170
2007 30,275
2008 30,380
2009 30,485
2010 30,590
2011 30,782
2012 30,974
2013 31,166
2014 31,358
2015 31,550
2016 31,590
2017 31,640
2018 31,730
2019 31,820
2020 31,900

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in United Kingdom was 13.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 13.19 in 2020, while its lowest value was 11.48 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 11.48
1991 11.56
1992 11.63
1993 11.70
1994 11.77
1995 11.85
1996 11.92
1997 11.99
1998 12.06
1999 12.14
2000 12.21
2001 12.25
2002 12.30
2003 12.34
2004 12.38
2005 12.43
2006 12.47
2007 12.51
2008 12.56
2009 12.60
2010 12.64
2011 12.72
2012 12.80
2013 12.88
2014 12.96
2015 13.04
2016 13.06
2017 13.08
2018 13.12
2019 13.15
2020 13.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use