Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Denmark
Denmark: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 66.96 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Denmark, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for planted forest — share in forest land in Denmark is 66.96 %, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Denmark peaked at 74.96 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 66.96 %, in 2025.
Denmark ranks 16th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73.27 % | 72.37 % | 74.13 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.61 % | 74.31 % | 74.9 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.05 % | 68.46 % | 74.96 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.26 % | 66.96 % | 67.56 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More environment data for Denmark
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 20.69 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 493 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 252 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 5.55 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 8.52 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 222 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.07 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 28 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 90.36 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2,354 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Denmark?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Denmark was 66.96 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 74.96 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.96 % in 2025.
- How does Denmark rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Denmark ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Planted Forest — Share in Forest land. 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.