Portugal vs Spain: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 36.7% in Portugal and 38.2% in Spain, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Spain, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Portugal.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Portugal.
In 2024, Portugal ranked 90 and Spain ranked 86 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Portugal	Spain	World
2024	36.7	38.2	–
2023	36.6	38.2	31.1
2022	36.5	38.1	31.1
2021	36.5	38	31.2
2020	36.4	38	31.2
2019	36.4	37.8	31.2
2018	36.3	37.7	31.3
2017	36.3	37.5	31.3
2016	36.2	37.4	31.3
2015	36.2	37.2	31.4
2014	36	37.1	31.4
2013	35.9	37.1	31.4
2012	35.8	37.1	31.5
2011	35.6	37.1	31.9
2010	35.5	37.1	32
2009	35.6	36.9	32
2008	35.8	36.6	32
2007	35.9	36.3	32.1
2006	36	36	32.1
2005	36.1	35.7	32.1
2004	36.2	35.4	32.2
2003	36.3	35.1	32.3
2002	36.4	34.8	32.3
2001	36.5	34.6	32.3
2000	36.6	34.3	32.4
1999	36.7	33.6	32.5
1998	36.8	33	32.5
1997	36.9	32.3	32.6
1996	37	31.7	32.7
1995	37.1	31	32.7
1994	37.2	30.4	32.8
1993	37.3	29.8	32.8
1992	37.4	29.1	33
1991	37.5	28.5	–
1990	37.6	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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