Share of global forest area in Croatia
Croatia: Share of global forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Croatia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 0.0% for share of global forest area in 2025. 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 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Croatia peaked at 0.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Croatia 112th 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 of global forest area in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 0.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 4.5× the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 0.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 92% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More environment data for Croatia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.487 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.13 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.147 % 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 -1.23 % 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 -0.0568 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Croatia?
- Share of global forest area in Croatia was 0.0% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global forest area recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Croatia rank for share of global forest area?
- Croatia ranks 112th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.