Forest land — Area in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Forest land — Area was 75,534 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Northern Europe, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 75,534 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Northern Europe peaked at 75,534 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 65,948 1000 ha, in 1990.
That places Northern Europe 25th out of 36 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 72,357 1000 ha | 65,948 1000 ha | 74,376 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,617 1000 ha | 74,499 1000 ha | 74,734 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,064 1000 ha | 74,761 1000 ha | 75,328 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,457 1000 ha | 75,379 1000 ha | 75,534 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 22 Papua New Guinea 34,029 1000 ha compare
- 23 Mozambique 32,243 1000 ha compare
- 24 Sudan (former) 31,559 1000 ha compare
- 25 Sweden 27,934 1000 ha compare
- 26 Myanmar 27,095 1000 ha compare
- 27 Ethiopia 26,747 1000 ha compare
- 28 Japan 24,908 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Europe
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 3 kg/cap (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 22.19 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,582 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 19,112 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.49 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 326,844 t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11.26 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 50.77 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.29 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 17.1 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Northern Europe?
- Forest land — area in Northern Europe was 75,534 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 75,534 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,948 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Northern Europe rank for forest land — area?
- Northern Europe ranks 25th out of 36 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.