Forest area in Finland
Finland: Forest area was 22.54 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Finland, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Finland recorded 22.54 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Finland peaked at 22.54 million hectares in 2020 and was at its lowest, 21.88 million hectares, in 1990.
Finland ranks 29th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.13 million hectares | 21.88 million hectares | 22.39 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.35 million hectares | 22.26 million hectares | 22.45 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.39 million hectares | 22.24 million hectares | 22.52 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.54 million hectares | 22.54 million hectares | 22.54 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More environment data for Finland
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 48.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.66 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4939 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1291 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1431 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 10.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1555 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0276 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Finland?
- Forest area in Finland was 22.54 million hectares 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 forest area recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 22.54 million hectares in 2020.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.88 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Finland rank for forest area?
- Finland ranks 29th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Finland 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.