Forest area. Data by Countries from 1990 to 2025

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| Definition
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. The values include the areas of the sub-categories “Primary forest”, “Planted forest”, and “Naturally regenerating forest”, and are sourced from the Forest Resource Assessment (FRA 2025).
Total: 41.35 mln km²
Countries: 225
The original source values have been converted from hectares to square kilometers.
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Definition and methodology
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. The values include the areas of the sub-categories “Primary forest”, “Planted forest”, and “Naturally regenerating forest”, and are sourced from the Forest Resource Assessment (FRA 2025).