Forest area in Lithuania
Lithuania: Forest area was 2.22 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Lithuania, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Lithuania stood at 2.22 million hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Lithuania peaked at 2.22 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.95 million hectares, in 1990.
Lithuania ranks 105th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.98 million hectares | 1.95 million hectares | 2.01 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.09 million hectares | 2.02 million hectares | 2.15 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.18 million hectares | 2.17 million hectares | 2.20 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.21 million hectares | 2.20 million hectares | 2.22 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 102 Uganda 2.37 million hectares compare
- 103 Turkmenistan 2.33 million hectares compare
- 104 Dominican Republic 2.26 million hectares compare
- 106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.16 million hectares compare
- 107 Sri Lanka 2.12 million hectares compare
- 108 Guinea-Bissau 2.10 million hectares compare
More environment data for Lithuania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 21.54 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 7.46 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.02 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1748 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.255 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0056 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.23 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0309 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.7304 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Lithuania?
- Forest area in Lithuania was 2.22 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.22 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.95 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Lithuania rank for forest area?
- Lithuania ranks 105th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.