Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Turkey
Turkey: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Turkey, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Turkey is 0.5%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Turkey peaked at 0.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2000.
That places Turkey 20th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More environment data for Turkey
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 579.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.78 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 46.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 9.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1159 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 78.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1226 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.3374 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 20.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Turkey?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Turkey was 0.5% 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- How does Turkey rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Turkey ranks 20th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.