Forest land — Share in Land area in Finland

Finland: Forest land — Share in Land area was 74.15 % in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
74.15 %
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
16th
of 231 countries
All-time high
74.17 %
in 2020
All-time low
71.82 %
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Forest land — Share in Land area in Finland, 1990–2024

0204060801990200720241990: 71.8 %1991: 72 %1992: 72.2 %1993: 72.4 %1994: 72.6 %1995: 72.8 %1996: 72.9 %1997: 73.1 %1998: 73.3 %1999: 73.5 %2000: 73.7 %2001: 73.6 %2002: 73.6 %2003: 73.5 %2004: 73.4 %2005: 73.4 %2006: 73.4 %2007: 73.3 %2008: 73.3 %2009: 73.3 %2010: 73.2 %2011: 73.3 %2012: 73.4 %2013: 73.5 %2014: 73.6 %2015: 73.7 %2016: 73.8 %2017: 73.9 %2018: 74 %2019: 74.1 %2020: 74.2 %2021: 74.2 %2022: 74.2 %2023: 74.2 %2024: 74.2 %

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

Analysis

Finland recorded 74.15 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Finland peaked at 74.17 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 71.82 %, in 1990.

Finland ranks 16th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 72.66 % 71.82 % 73.5 % 10
2000s 73.45 % 73.26 % 73.69 % 10
2010s 73.66 % 73.19 % 74.08 % 10
2020s 74.16 % 74.15 % 74.17 % 5

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 13 Guinea-Bissau 74.82 % compare
  2. 14 Vanuatu 74.64 % compare
  3. 15 Melanesia 74.5 % compare
  4. 17 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.42 % compare
  5. 18 Niue 72.86 % compare
  6. 19 Brunei Darussalam 72.11 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is forest land — share in land area in Finland?
Forest land — share in land area in Finland was 74.15 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 74.17 % in 2020.
What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 71.82 % in 1990.
How does Finland rank for forest land — share in land area?
Finland ranks 16th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Finland 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

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
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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.