Forest certified for sustainable use in Greece
Greece: Forest certified for sustainable use was 0 thousands of hectares in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Forest certified for sustainable use in Greece, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in thousands of hectares.
Analysis
In 2024, forest certified for sustainable use in Greece stood at 0 thousands of hectares. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Over the whole period, forest certified for sustainable use in Greece peaked at 36,630 thousands of hectares in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0 thousands of hectares, in 1990.
Greece ranks 85th of 246 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Forest certified for sustainable use in Greece, year by year
| Year | thousands of hectares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2000 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2005 | 36,630 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2010 | 0 thousands of hectares | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2016 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2017 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2018 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2019 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2020 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2021 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2022 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2023 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
| 2024 | 0 thousands of hectares | — |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0 thousands of hectares is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 300,570 thousands of hectares. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 thousands of hectares | 0 thousands of hectares | 0 thousands of hectares | 1 |
| 2000s | 18,315 thousands of hectares | 0 thousands of hectares | 36,630 thousands of hectares | 2 |
| 2010s | 0 thousands of hectares | 0 thousands of hectares | 0 thousands of hectares | 6 |
| 2020s | 0 thousands of hectares | 0 thousands of hectares | 0 thousands of hectares | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 82 Honduras 9,200 thousands of hectares compare
- 83 North Macedonia 1,640 thousands of hectares compare
- 84 Cambodia 420 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Afghanistan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Aland Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Algeria 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 American Samoa 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Andorra 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Angola 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Anguilla 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Antigua and Barbuda 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Armenia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Aruba 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Azerbaijan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Bahamas 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Bahrain 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Bangladesh 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Barbados 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Belarus 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Benin 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Bermuda 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Bhutan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Botswana 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Bouvet Island 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 British Indian Ocean Territory 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 British Virgin Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Brunei 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Burkina Faso 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Burundi 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Cape Verde 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Cayman Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Central African Republic 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Chad 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Christmas Island 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Cocos Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Comoros 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Cook Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Cote d'Ivoire 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Cuba 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Curacao 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Cyprus 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Djibouti 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Dominica 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Dominican Republic 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 East Timor 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Egypt 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 El Salvador 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Equatorial Guinea 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Eritrea 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Ethiopia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Falkland Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Faroe Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 French Polynesia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 French Southern Territories 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Gambia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Georgia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Gibraltar 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Greenland 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Grenada 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Guadeloupe 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Guam 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Guernsey 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Guinea 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Guinea-Bissau 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Haiti 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Hong Kong 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Iceland 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Iran 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Iraq 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Isle of Man 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Israel 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Jamaica 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Jersey 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Jordan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Kazakhstan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Kenya 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Kiribati 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Kuwait 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Kyrgyzstan 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Lebanon 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Lesotho 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Liberia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Libya 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Liechtenstein 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Macao 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Madagascar 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Malawi 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Maldives 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Mali 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Malta 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Marshall Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Martinique 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Mauritania 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Mauritius 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Mayotte 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Micronesia (country) 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Moldova 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Monaco 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Mongolia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Montenegro 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Montserrat 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Morocco 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Myanmar 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Nauru 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Nepal 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 New Caledonia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Niger 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Nigeria 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Niue 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Norfolk Island 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 North Korea 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Northern Mariana Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Oman 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Pakistan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Palau 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Palestine 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Pitcairn 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Puerto Rico 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Qatar 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Reunion 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Russia 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Saint Helena 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Saint Lucia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Saint Martin (French Part) 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Samoa 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 San Marino 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Sao Tome and Principe 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Saudi Arabia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Senegal 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Seychelles 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Singapore 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Somalia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 South Sudan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Sudan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Syria 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Tajikistan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Togo 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Tokelau 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Tonga 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Trinidad and Tobago 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Tunisia 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Turkmenistan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Tuvalu 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 United Arab Emirates 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 United States Virgin Islands 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Uzbekistan 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Vanuatu 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Vatican 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Venezuela 0 thousands of hectares compare
- 85 Wallis and Futuna 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Western Sahara 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Yemen 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Albania 0 thousands of hectares
- 85 Saint Barthelemy 0 thousands of hectares
More environment data for Greece
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest certified for sustainable use in Greece?
- Forest certified for sustainable use in Greece was 0 thousands of hectares in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest certified for sustainable use recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 36,630 thousands of hectares in 2005.
- What is the lowest forest certified for sustainable use recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 thousands of hectares in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for forest certified for sustainable use?
- Greece ranks 85th out of 246 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest certified for sustainable use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Forest area certified under an independently verified certification scheme (thousands of hectares).