Forest area in Sweden
Sweden: Forest area was 27.93 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Sweden, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 27.93 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Sweden peaked at 28.16 million hectares in 2000 and was at its lowest, 27.93 million hectares, in 2020.
That places Sweden 22nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.11 million hectares | 28.06 million hectares | 28.15 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.12 million hectares | 28.08 million hectares | 28.16 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.00 million hectares | 27.94 million hectares | 28.07 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.93 million hectares | 27.93 million hectares | 27.93 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More environment data for Sweden
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 52.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.97 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3307 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2101 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.2019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1974 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0287 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.35 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Sweden?
- Forest area in Sweden was 27.93 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 28.16 million hectares in 2000.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.93 million hectares in 2020.
- How does Sweden rank for forest area?
- Sweden ranks 22nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sweden 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.