Forest land — Area in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Forest land — Area was 48,321 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 48,321 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Southern Europe peaked at 48,321 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 38,549 1000 ha, in 1990.
That places Southern Europe 27th 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 | 40,374 1000 ha | 38,549 1000 ha | 42,199 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,820 1000 ha | 42,605 1000 ha | 45,035 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,138 1000 ha | 45,306 1000 ha | 47,496 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,103 1000 ha | 47,886 1000 ha | 48,321 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 786,776 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.18 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 60.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 14.41 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 17.49 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 18.21 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.26 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.34 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 916,132 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 655,768 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Southern Europe?
- Forest land — area in Southern Europe was 48,321 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 48,321 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,549 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Southern Europe rank for forest land — area?
- Southern Europe ranks 27th out of 36 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.