Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Sweden
Sweden: Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted was 8.70 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 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
In 2025, forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Sweden stood at 8.70 million hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Sweden peaked at 8.70 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6.82 million hectares, in 1990.
Sweden ranks 8th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.14 million hectares | 6.82 million hectares | 7.47 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.72 million hectares | 7.54 million hectares | 7.90 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.16 million hectares | 7.93 million hectares | 8.38 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.56 million hectares | 8.43 million hectares | 8.70 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 by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Sweden?
- Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted in Sweden was 8.70 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 by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 8.70 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.82 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Sweden rank for forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted?
- Sweden ranks 8th out of 185 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).