Naturally regenerating forest — Area in Western Europe
Western Europe: Naturally regenerating forest — Area was 25,228 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Naturally regenerating forest — Area in Western Europe, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2025, naturally regenerating forest — area in Western Europe stood at 25,228 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — area in Western Europe peaked at 25,228 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 22,172 1000 ha, in 1990.
That places Western Europe 32nd out of 36 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22,622 1000 ha | 22,172 1000 ha | 23,072 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,547 1000 ha | 23,172 1000 ha | 23,921 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,305 1000 ha | 24,004 1000 ha | 24,690 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,009 1000 ha | 24,789 1000 ha | 25,228 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More environment data for Western Europe
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 859,653 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 3.48 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 103.86 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 17.43 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 25.27 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 15.74 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 3.83 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 2.64 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4.24 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 528,005 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — area in Western Europe?
- Naturally regenerating forest — area in Western Europe was 25,228 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — area recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 25,228 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — area recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,172 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Western Europe rank for naturally regenerating forest — area?
- Western Europe ranks 32nd out of 36 groups with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — area rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Naturally regenerating forest — 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.