Czechia vs Greece
Czechia vs Greece: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 38.4% in Czechia and 37% in Greece, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Czechia, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Greece.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Czechia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2024, Czechia ranked 85 and Greece ranked 88 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Czechia | Greece | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38.4 | 37 | – |
| 2023 | 38.2 | 37 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 38.1 | 37 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 38 | 37 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 37.9 | 37 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 37.8 | 35.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 37.7 | 34.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 37.6 | 33.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 37.6 | 32.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 37.5 | 31.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 37.4 | 31.2 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 37.4 | 30.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 37.4 | 30 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 37.3 | 29.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 37.3 | 28.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 37.3 | 28.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 37.3 | 28.9 | 32 |
| 2007 | 37.2 | 28.8 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 37.2 | 28.8 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 37.2 | 28.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 37.2 | 28.8 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 37.1 | 28.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 37.1 | 28.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 37.1 | 28.8 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 37.1 | 28.8 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 37.1 | 28.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 37 | 28.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 37 | 28.8 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 37 | 28.8 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 36.9 | 28.8 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 36.9 | 28.8 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 36.9 | 28.8 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | – | 28.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | – | 28.8 | – |
| 1990 | – | 28.8 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Czechia vs Greece
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Greece: 81.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Greece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Greece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Greece: 98.9% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Greece: 4.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Greece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Greece: 10.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Greece: -2.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Greece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Greece: 79.2% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Greece: 45.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Greece: 23.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Greece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Greece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Greece: $7.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Greece: $842 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Greece: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Greece: 147,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Greece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Greece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Greece: 574 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Greece: 2 million TIV in 2025