Share global forest in Austria
Austria: Share global forest was 0.0943 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.0943
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
79th
of 235 countries
All-time high
0.0943
in 2025
All-time low
0.0869
in 1990
Years of data
36
1990–2025
Share global forest in Austria, 1990–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, share global forest in Austria stood at 0.0943. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share global forest in Austria peaked at 0.0943 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0869, in 1990.
That places Austria 79th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Share global forest in Austria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0869 | — |
| 1991 | 0.0873 | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0876 | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.088 | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0884 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0887 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0891 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0895 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0898 | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0902 | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0906 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0907 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0909 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.091 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0911 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0913 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0914 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0915 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0917 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0918 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0919 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0921 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0922 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0924 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0925 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0927 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0928 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.093 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0931 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0932 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0934 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0936 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0937 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0939 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0941 | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.0943 | +0.2% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 0.0943 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0105, 9.0× the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Austria's 0.0943 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0513, 1.8× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0886 | 0.0869 | 0.0902 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0912 | 0.0906 | 0.0918 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0926 | 0.0919 | 0.0932 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0938 | 0.0934 | 0.0943 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More environment data for Austria
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.1256 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.529 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 14.19 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 4.28 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share global forest in Austria?
- Share global forest in Austria was 0.0943 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share global forest recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0943 in 2025.
- What is the lowest share global forest recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0869 in 1990.
- How does Austria rank for share global forest?
- Austria ranks 79th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share global forest rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share global forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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