Greece vs Italy: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 37% in Greece and 31.8% in Italy, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Greece, by 5.1 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Italy.

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% of land · FAO

GreeceItalyWorld

What the numbers say

Greece has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Italy.
In 2024, Greece ranked 88 and Italy ranked 109 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Greece	Italy	World
2024	37	31.8	–
2023	37	31.8	31.1
2022	37	31.7	31.1
2021	37	31.7	31.2
2020	37	31.7	31.2
2019	35.9	31.3	31.2
2018	34.9	31	31.3
2017	33.9	30.7	31.3
2016	32.8	30.4	31.3
2015	31.8	30.1	31.4
2014	31.2	30.2	31.4
2013	30.6	30.3	31.4
2012	30	30.4	31.5
2011	29.5	30.5	31.9
2010	28.9	30.5	32
2009	28.9	30.3	32
2008	28.9	30.1	32
2007	28.8	29.9	32.1
2006	28.8	29.6	32.1
2005	28.8	29.4	32.1
2004	28.8	29.2	32.2
2003	28.8	29	32.3
2002	28.8	28.8	32.3
2001	28.8	28.5	32.3
2000	28.8	28.3	32.4
1999	28.8	28.2	32.5
1998	28.8	27.9	32.5
1997	28.8	27.7	32.6
1996	28.8	27.4	32.7
1995	28.8	27.1	32.7
1994	28.8	26.9	32.8
1993	28.8	26.6	32.8
1992	28.8	26.3	33
1991	28.8	26.1	–
1990	28.8	25.8	–

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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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