Forest land — Share in Land area in Western Europe
Western Europe: Forest land — Share in Land area was 32.94 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Western Europe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, forest land — share in land area in Western Europe stood at 32.94 %. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Western Europe peaked at 32.94 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.51 %, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.94 % | 29.51 % | 30.36 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 31 % | 30.46 % | 31.54 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.05 % | 31.66 % | 32.47 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.75 % | 32.57 % | 32.94 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 3 Gabon 91.44 % compare
- 4 Niue 72.86 % compare
- 4 Palau, Republic of 90.83 % compare
- 5 Solomon Islands 89.84 % compare
- 6 Guyana 87.07 % compare
- 7 Cook Islands 64.96 % compare
- 7 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 86.09 % compare
- 8 American Samoa 79.65 % compare
- 9 Pitcairn Islands 78.51 % compare
More environment data for Western Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 151.58 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 54.56 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 97.02 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.73 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 14.73 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 1.84 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 19.11 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Western Europe?
- Forest land — share in land area in Western Europe was 32.94 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 32.94 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.51 % in 1990.
- How does Western Europe rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Western Europe ranks 6th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.