Primary Forest — Area in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Primary Forest — Area was 307,500 1000 ha in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary Forest — Area in Eastern Europe, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 307,500 1000 ha for primary forest — area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary forest — area in Eastern Europe peaked at 307,500 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 301,240 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Eastern Europe 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 302,082 1000 ha | 301,240 1000 ha | 302,905 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 303,696 1000 ha | 302,750 1000 ha | 304,641 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 305,701 1000 ha | 304,852 1000 ha | 306,459 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 307,056 1000 ha | 306,613 1000 ha | 307,500 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
More environment data for Eastern Europe
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 8.74 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 22.51 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 28.04 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 1.01 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 1.72 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 7.53 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 1.82 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.18 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 32.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 6.05 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary forest — area in Eastern Europe?
- Primary forest — area in Eastern Europe was 307,500 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest primary forest — area recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 307,500 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary forest — area recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 301,240 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for primary forest — area?
- Eastern Europe ranks 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is primary forest — area rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eastern Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Primary 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.