France vs Spain: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 32.9% in France and 38.2% in Spain, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Spain, by 5.4 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in France.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, France ranked 106 and Spain ranked 86 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	France	Spain	World
2024	32.9	38.2	–
2023	32.7	38.2	31.1
2022	32.5	38.1	31.1
2021	32.4	38	31.2
2020	32.2	38	31.2
2019	32	37.8	31.2
2018	31.8	37.7	31.3
2017	31.6	37.5	31.3
2016	31.4	37.4	31.3
2015	31.2	37.2	31.4
2014	31.1	37.1	31.4
2013	30.9	37.1	31.4
2012	30.8	37.1	31.5
2011	30.6	37.1	31.9
2010	30.5	37.1	32
2009	30.3	36.9	32
2008	30.1	36.6	32
2007	29.8	36.3	32.1
2006	29.6	36	32.1
2005	29.4	35.7	32.1
2004	29.2	35.4	32.2
2003	29	35.1	32.3
2002	28.8	34.8	32.3
2001	28.6	34.6	32.3
2000	28.4	34.3	32.4
1999	28.2	33.6	32.5
1998	28.1	33	32.5
1997	27.9	32.3	32.6
1996	27.7	31.7	32.7
1995	27.6	31	32.7
1994	27.4	30.4	32.8
1993	27.3	29.8	32.8
1992	27.1	29.1	33
1991	26.9	28.5	–
1990	26.8	27.8	–

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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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