Forest land — Share in Land area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Forest land — Share in Land area was 10.96 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
10.96 %
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
170th
of 215 countries
All-time high
11.07 %
in 2010
All-time low
10.23 %
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Forest land — Share in Land area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 1990–2024

02.557.5101990200720241990: 10.2 %1991: 10.3 %1992: 10.3 %1993: 10.3 %1994: 10.4 %1995: 10.4 %1996: 10.5 %1997: 10.5 %1998: 10.6 %1999: 10.6 %2000: 10.7 %2001: 10.7 %2002: 10.7 %2003: 10.8 %2004: 10.8 %2005: 10.9 %2006: 10.9 %2007: 10.9 %2008: 11 %2009: 11 %2010: 11.1 %2011: 11 %2012: 11 %2013: 10.9 %2014: 10.9 %2015: 10.8 %2016: 10.8 %2017: 10.9 %2018: 10.9 %2019: 10.9 %2020: 10.9 %2021: 10.9 %2022: 10.9 %2023: 10.9 %2024: 11 %

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

Analysis

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) recorded 10.96 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) peaked at 11.07 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.23 %, in 1990.

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 170th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Forest land — Share in Land area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), year by year

Annual values for Forest land — Share in Land area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 1990 to 2024.
Year % Change
1990 10.23 %
1991 10.27 % +0.4%
1992 10.31 % +0.4%
1993 10.35 % +0.4%
1994 10.4 % +0.5%
1995 10.44 % +0.4%
1996 10.48 % +0.4%
1997 10.52 % +0.4%
1998 10.56 % +0.4%
1999 10.61 % +0.5%
2000 10.65 % +0.4%
2001 10.69 % +0.4%
2002 10.73 % +0.4%
2003 10.77 % +0.4%
2004 10.81 % +0.4%
2005 10.86 % +0.5%
2006 10.9 % +0.4%
2007 10.94 % +0.4%
2008 10.98 % +0.4%
2009 11.03 % +0.5%
2010 11.07 % +0.4%
2011 11.02 % -0.5%
2012 10.97 % -0.5%
2013 10.93 % -0.4%
2014 10.88 % -0.5%
2015 10.84 % -0.4%
2016 10.85 % +0.1%
2017 10.86 % +0.1%
2018 10.88 % +0.2%
2019 10.89 % +0.1%
2020 10.9 % +0.1%
2021 10.92 % +0.2%
2022 10.93 % +0.1%
2023 10.94 % +0.1%
2024 10.96 % +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 10.42 % 10.23 % 10.61 % 10
2000s 10.84 % 10.65 % 11.03 % 10
2010s 10.92 % 10.84 % 11.07 % 10
2020s 10.93 % 10.9 % 10.96 % 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is forest land — share in land area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
Forest land — share in land area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) was 10.96 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
The highest recorded value was 11.07 % in 2010.
What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
The lowest recorded value was 10.23 % in 1990.
How does Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank for forest land — share in land area?
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 170th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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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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.