Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in France
France: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 14,056 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in France, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
France recorded 14,056 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in France peaked at 14,644 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 14,056 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places France 37th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in France, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 14,641 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 14,642 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 14,644 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 14,590 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 14,606 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 14,625 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 14,505 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 14,331 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 14,248 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 14,204 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 14,176 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 14,151 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 14,128 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 14,127 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 14,131 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14,161 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 14,222 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 14,216 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 14,107 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 14,074 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 14,065 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 14,075 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 14,070 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 14,070 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14,097 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 14,120 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 14,127 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 14,130 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14,108 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 14,104 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 14,056 1000 ha | -0.3% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 14,056 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419.21 1000 ha, 33.5× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- France's 14,056 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,716 1000 ha, 8.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,573 1000 ha | 14,331 1000 ha | 14,644 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 14,176 1000 ha | 14,127 1000 ha | 14,248 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,094 1000 ha | 14,065 1000 ha | 14,130 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,089 1000 ha | 14,056 1000 ha | 14,108 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near France
More environment data for France
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.427 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.23 % 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 -0.1777 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in France?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in France was 14,056 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 14,644 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,056 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does France rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- France ranks 37th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.