Forest land — Area in Greece
Greece: Forest land — Area was 4,763 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Greece, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — area in Greece is 4,763 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Greece peaked at 4,763 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,709 1000 ha, in 1990.
Greece ranks 78th of 231 countries on this measure, 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 | 3,709 1000 ha | 3,709 1000 ha | 3,709 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,714 1000 ha | 3,709 1000 ha | 3,720 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,118 1000 ha | 3,721 1000 ha | 4,630 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,763 1000 ha | 4,763 1000 ha | 4,763 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More environment data for Greece
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 821,277 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 821,277 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 57,946 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 18,698 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 189,325 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 157,982 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 613,464 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 642,998 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Greece?
- Forest land — area in Greece was 4,763 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4,763 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,709 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for forest land — area?
- Greece ranks 78th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.