Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Europe
Europe: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 7.9 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Europe, 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 Europe is 7.9 %, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Europe peaked at 7.9 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.73 %, in 1990.
Europe ranks 12th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.94 % | 6.73 % | 7.14 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.39 % | 7.18 % | 7.61 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.79 % | 7.65 % | 7.88 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.89 % | 7.89 % | 7.9 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More environment data for Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 16.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 11.92 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 17.61 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.16 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 25.71 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 3.23 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 3.17 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 14.48 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 19 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Europe?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Europe was 7.9 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.73 % in 1990.
- How does Europe rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Europe ranks 12th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.