Czechia vs Slovakia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 38.4% in Czechia and 40.3% in Slovakia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Slovakia, by 2 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Czechia.

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% of land · FAO

CzechiaSlovakiaWorld

What the numbers say

Slovakia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
In 2024, Czechia ranked 85 and Slovakia ranked 79 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Czechia	Slovakia	World
2024	38.4	40.3	–
2023	38.2	40.3	31.1
2022	38.1	40.2	31.1
2021	38	40.2	31.2
2020	37.9	40.2	31.2
2019	37.8	40.1	31.2
2018	37.7	40.1	31.3
2017	37.6	40.1	31.3
2016	37.6	40	31.3
2015	37.5	40	31.4
2014	37.4	40	31.4
2013	37.4	39.9	31.4
2012	37.4	39.9	31.5
2011	37.3	39.9	31.9
2010	37.3	39.9	32
2009	37.3	39.9	32
2008	37.3	39.8	32
2007	37.2	39.8	32.1
2006	37.2	39.7	32.1
2005	37.2	39.7	32.1
2004	37.2	39.7	32.2
2003	37.1	39.6	32.3
2002	37.1	39.6	32.3
2001	37.1	39.6	32.3
2000	37.1	39.5	32.4
1999	37.1	39.5	32.5
1998	37	39.5	32.5
1997	37	39.5	32.6
1996	37	39.5	32.7
1995	36.9	39.5	32.7
1994	36.9	39.5	32.8
1993	36.9	39.6	32.8
1992	–	–	33

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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.

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