Forest area in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Forest area was 88,700 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Luxembourg, 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 Luxembourg stood at 88,700 hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Luxembourg peaked at 88,700 hectares in 2010 and was at its lowest, 85,800 hectares, in 1990.
That places Luxembourg 163rd out of 235 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86,205 hectares | 85,800 hectares | 86,610 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 87,600 hectares | 86,700 hectares | 88,500 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,700 hectares | 88,700 hectares | 88,700 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,700 hectares | 88,700 hectares | 88,700 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Luxembourg
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 11.9 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.4798 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0129 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0275 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.6384 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0061 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0037 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1071 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Luxembourg?
- Forest area in Luxembourg was 88,700 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 88,700 hectares in 2010.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,800 hectares in 1990.
- How does Luxembourg rank for forest area?
- Luxembourg ranks 163rd out of 235 regions with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.