Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Switzerland
Switzerland: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Switzerland, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Switzerland stood at 0.1%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Switzerland peaked at 0.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
Switzerland ranks 51st of 228 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
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More environment data for Switzerland
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 42.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.77 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 4.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2549 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.29 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0203 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 5.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0476 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0228 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.2474 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Switzerland?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Switzerland was 0.1% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does Switzerland rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Switzerland ranks 51st out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.