Forest area in Turkey
Turkey: Forest area was 22.81 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Turkey, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 22.81 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Turkey peaked at 22.81 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 19.78 million hectares, in 1990.
Turkey ranks 28th 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 | 19.95 million hectares | 19.78 million hectares | 20.11 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.57 million hectares | 20.15 million hectares | 20.99 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.58 million hectares | 21.08 million hectares | 22.10 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.51 million hectares | 22.22 million hectares | 22.81 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More environment data for Turkey
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 579.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.78 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 46.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 9.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1159 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 78.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1226 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.3374 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 20.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Turkey?
- Forest area in Turkey was 22.81 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 22.81 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.78 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Turkey rank for forest area?
- Turkey ranks 28th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.