Forest land — Share in Land area in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Forest land — Share in Land area was 40.53 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in European Union (27), 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 40.53 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in European Union (27) peaked at 40.53 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.14 %, in 1990.
European Union (27) ranks 8th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.21 % | 36.14 % | 38.02 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 38.69 % | 38.17 % | 39.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.7 % | 39.3 % | 40.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.42 % | 40.32 % | 40.53 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 5 Solomon Islands 89.84 % compare
- 6 Guyana 87.07 % compare
- 7 Equatorial Guinea 86.09 % compare
- 8 American Samoa 79.65 % compare
- 9 Pitcairn 78.51 % compare
- 10 Dominica 76.42 % compare
- 11 Papua New Guinea 75.15 % compare
More environment data for European Union (27)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.429 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.35 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.18 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.46 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 3.99 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 2.41 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 6.99 g/Int$ (2024)
- Land area — Area 398,812 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in European Union (27)?
- Forest land — share in land area in European Union (27) was 40.53 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 40.53 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.14 % in 1990.
- How does European Union (27) rank for forest land — share in land area?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.
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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.