Forest land — Share in Land area in Czechia

Czechia: Forest land — Share in Land area was 38.36 % in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
38.36 %
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
95th
of 231 countries
All-time high
38.36 %
in 2024
All-time low
36.85 %
in 1993
Years of data
32
1993–2024

Forest land — Share in Land area in Czechia, 1993–2024

0102030401993200820241993: 36.9 %1994: 36.9 %1995: 36.9 %1996: 37 %1997: 37 %1998: 37 %1999: 37 %2000: 37.1 %2001: 37.1 %2002: 37.1 %2003: 37.1 %2004: 37.2 %2005: 37.2 %2006: 37.2 %2007: 37.2 %2008: 37.2 %2009: 37.3 %2010: 37.3 %2011: 37.3 %2012: 37.4 %2013: 37.4 %2014: 37.4 %2015: 37.5 %2016: 37.5 %2017: 37.6 %2018: 37.7 %2019: 37.8 %2020: 37.9 %2021: 38 %2022: 38.1 %2023: 38.2 %2024: 38.4 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Czechia recorded 38.36 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Czechia peaked at 38.36 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.85 %, in 1993.

Czechia ranks 95th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 36.95 % 36.85 % 37.05 % 7
2000s 37.17 % 37.08 % 37.27 % 10
2010s 37.49 % 37.29 % 37.78 % 10
2020s 38.11 % 37.87 % 38.36 % 5

Countries ranked near Czechia

  1. 92 Andorra 38.91 % compare
  2. 93 New Zealand 38.87 % compare
  3. 94 Thailand 38.73 % compare
  4. 96 Spain 38.23 % compare
  5. 97 Caribbean 37.66 % compare
  6. 98 Cambodia 37.63 % compare

See the full ranking of 267 places →

More environment data for Czechia

All data for Czechia →

Frequently asked questions

What is forest land — share in land area in Czechia?
Forest land — share in land area in Czechia was 38.36 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Czechia?
The highest recorded value was 38.36 % in 2024.
What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Czechia?
The lowest recorded value was 36.85 % in 1993.
How does Czechia rank for forest land — share in land area?
Czechia ranks 95th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Czechia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Czechia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 32 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

Indicator
Forest land — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,048 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.