Denmark vs Germany: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 16% in Denmark and 32.8% in Germany, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Germany, by 16.8 percentage points, or 2.05 times that in Denmark.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Denmark ranked 142 and Germany ranked 107 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Denmark	Germany	World
2024	16	32.8	–
2023	16	32.8	31.1
2022	15.9	32.8	31.1
2021	15.9	32.8	31.2
2020	15.8	32.8	31.2
2019	15.8	32.8	31.2
2018	15.7	32.8	31.3
2017	15.7	32.8	31.3
2016	15.7	32.7	31.3
2015	15.6	32.8	31.4
2014	15.4	32.8	31.4
2013	15.2	32.7	31.4
2012	15	32.8	31.5
2011	14.9	32.8	31.9
2010	14.7	32.7	32
2009	14.6	32.7	32
2008	14.6	32.7	32
2007	14.6	32.7	32.1
2006	14.5	32.7	32.1
2005	14.5	32.6	32.1
2004	14.4	32.6	32.2
2003	14.4	32.6	32.3
2002	14.4	32.6	32.3
2001	14.3	32.6	32.3
2000	14.3	32.5	32.4
1999	14.2	32.5	32.5
1998	14.1	32.5	32.5
1997	14	32.5	32.6
1996	13.9	32.5	32.7
1995	13.8	32.5	32.7
1994	13.7	32.4	32.8
1993	13.6	32.4	32.8
1992	13.5	32.4	33
1991	13.4	32.4	–
1990	13.3	32.4	–

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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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