Annual afforestation in Italy
Italy: Annual afforestation was 46,790 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual afforestation in Italy, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
In 2020, annual afforestation in Italy stood at 46,790 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Italy peaked at 46,790 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 43,240 hectares per year, in 1990.
Italy ranks 5th of 106 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43,240 hectares per year | 43,240 hectares per year | 43,240 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 45,100 hectares per year | 45,100 hectares per year | 45,100 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 46,185 hectares per year | 45,960 hectares per year | 46,410 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 46,790 hectares per year | 46,790 hectares per year | 46,790 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 2 Russia 167,910 hectares per year compare
- 3 Turkey 83,300 hectares per year compare
- 4 New Zealand 71,900 hectares per year compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 37,000 hectares per year compare
- 7 Portugal 30,430 hectares per year compare
- 8 Kazakhstan 22,200 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Italy
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 371.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.3 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 21.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 4.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0558 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 44.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1973 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.3495 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 15.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Italy?
- Annual afforestation in Italy was 46,790 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual afforestation recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 46,790 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,240 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Italy rank for annual afforestation?
- Italy ranks 5th out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual afforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.