Forest area in Italy
Italy: Forest area was 9.42 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Italy, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in Italy is 9.42 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Italy peaked at 9.42 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7.59 million hectares, in 1990.
Italy ranks 56th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.94 million hectares | 7.59 million hectares | 8.29 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.67 million hectares | 8.37 million hectares | 8.96 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.03 million hectares | 8.91 million hectares | 9.27 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.39 million hectares | 9.36 million hectares | 9.42 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
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 forest area in Italy?
- Forest area in Italy was 9.42 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 9.42 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.59 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Italy rank for forest area?
- Italy ranks 56th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 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.