Forest area in Ukraine
Ukraine: Forest area was 10.09 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Ukraine, 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 Ukraine stood at 10.09 million hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Ukraine peaked at 10.09 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 9.27 million hectares, in 1990.
Ukraine ranks 53rd 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 | 9.38 million hectares | 9.27 million hectares | 9.49 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.53 million hectares | 9.51 million hectares | 9.54 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.69 million hectares | 9.55 million hectares | 9.86 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.99 million hectares | 9.90 million hectares | 10.09 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More environment data for Ukraine
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 196.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.2 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 8.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.8576 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 40.73 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0166 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 60.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0558 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0908 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 10.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Ukraine?
- Forest area in Ukraine was 10.09 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 10.09 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.27 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Ukraine rank for forest area?
- Ukraine ranks 53rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.