Moldova vs Romania: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 11.3% in Moldova and 30.2% in Romania, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 19 percentage points, or 2.68 times that in Moldova.

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% of land · FAO

MoldovaRomaniaWorld

What the numbers say

Romania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
In 2024, Moldova ranked 163 and Romania ranked 112 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Moldova	Romania	World
2024	11.3	30.2	–
2023	11.3	30.2	31.1
2022	11.3	30.2	31.1
2021	11.3	30.1	31.2
2020	11.4	30.1	31.2
2019	11.4	30.1	31.2
2018	11.5	30.1	31.3
2017	11.6	30	31.3
2016	11.7	30	31.3
2015	11.8	30	31.4
2014	11.7	29.7	31.4
2013	11.6	29.3	31.4
2012	11.5	29	31.5
2011	11.5	28.6	31.9
2010	11.4	28.3	32
2009	11.3	28.3	32
2008	11.2	28.2	32
2007	11.1	28.2	32.1
2006	11	28.1	32.1
2005	10.9	28	32.1
2004	10.8	27.9	32.2
2003	10.8	27.9	32.3
2002	10.7	27.8	32.3
2001	10.6	27.8	32.3
2000	10.5	27.7	32.4
1999	10.4	27.7	32.5
1998	10.4	27.7	32.5
1997	10.3	27.7	32.6
1996	10.2	27.7	32.7
1995	10.2	27.8	32.7
1994	10.1	27.8	32.8
1993	10.1	27.8	32.8
1992	10	27.8	33
1991	–	27.8	–
1990	–	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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