Forest area in Netherlands
Netherlands: Forest area was 369,330 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Netherlands, 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 Netherlands stood at 369,330 hectares.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Netherlands peaked at 373,480 hectares in 2010 and was at its lowest, 345,330 hectares, in 1990.
That places Netherlands 151st out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 351,706 hectares | 345,330 hectares | 358,083 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 365,791 hectares | 359,500 hectares | 372,082 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 367,875 hectares | 364,830 hectares | 373,480 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 368,205 hectares | 367,080 hectares | 369,330 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Netherlands
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 145.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.06 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 12.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2748 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0143 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 17.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0619 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Netherlands?
- Forest area in Netherlands was 369,330 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 373,480 hectares in 2010.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 345,330 hectares in 1990.
- How does Netherlands rank for forest area?
- Netherlands ranks 151st out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.