Share of forest with a long-term management plan in Turkey
Turkey: Share of forest with a long-term management plan was 100.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of forest with a long-term management plan in Turkey, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of forest with a long-term management plan in Turkey is 100.0%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of forest with a long-term management plan in Turkey peaked at 100.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 91.5%, in 1990.
That places Turkey 1st out of 131 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Share of forest with a long-term management plan in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 91.5% | — |
| 2000 | 93.2% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 97.5% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 100.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25.9%, 3.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 100.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 86.1%, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.5% | 91.5% | 91.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 93.2% | 93.2% | 93.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 97.5% | 100.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
- 1 Belarus 100.0% compare
- 1 Bulgaria 100.0% compare
- 1 Cayman Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Croatia 100.0% compare
- 1 Finland 100.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 100.0% compare
- 1 Isle of Man 100.0% compare
- 1 Kazakhstan 100.0% compare
- 1 Lithuania 100.0% compare
- 1 Malta 100.0% compare
- 1 Norfolk Island 100.0% compare
- 1 Russia 100.0% compare
- 1 Slovakia 100.0% compare
- 1 Vietnam 100.0% compare
More environment data for Turkey
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.74 % 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 0.6763 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 3.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit of 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of forest with a long-term management plan in Turkey?
- Share of forest with a long-term management plan in Turkey was 100.0% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of forest with a long-term management plan recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of forest with a long-term management plan recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.5% in 1990.
- How does Turkey rank for share of forest with a long-term management plan?
- Turkey ranks 1st out of 131 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of forest with a long-term management plan rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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 Share of forest with a long-term management plan. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan (%).