Forest land — Area in Italy
Italy: Forest land — Area was 9,422 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Italy, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 9,422 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Italy peaked at 9,422 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7,590 1000 ha, in 1990.
That places Italy 58th out of 231 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 7,941 1000 ha | 7,590 1000 ha | 8,291 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,666 1000 ha | 8,369 1000 ha | 8,962 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,034 1000 ha | 8,907 1000 ha | 9,269 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,391 1000 ha | 9,360 1000 ha | 9,422 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More environment data for Italy
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 38.23 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,574 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 635 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 12.02 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 27.55 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 3,554 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 18.59 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2,398 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 53.86 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 6,949 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Italy?
- Forest land — area in Italy was 9,422 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 9,422 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,590 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Italy rank for forest land — area?
- Italy ranks 58th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.