Romania vs Ukraine
Romania vs Ukraine: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 30.2% in Romania and 17.4% in Ukraine, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 12.9 percentage points, or 1.74 times that in Ukraine.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2024, Romania ranked 112 and Ukraine ranked 138 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Romania | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.2 | 17.4 | – |
| 2023 | 30.2 | 17.3 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 30.2 | 17.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 30.1 | 17.2 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 30.1 | 17.1 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 30.1 | 17 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 30.1 | 17 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 30 | 16.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 30 | 16.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 30 | 16.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 29.7 | 16.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 29.3 | 16.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 29 | 16.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 28.6 | 16.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 28.3 | 16.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 28.3 | 16.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 28.2 | 16.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 28.2 | 16.5 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 28.1 | 16.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 28 | 16.5 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 27.9 | 16.4 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 27.9 | 16.4 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 27.8 | 16.4 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 27.8 | 16.4 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 27.7 | 16.4 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 27.7 | 16.4 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 27.7 | 16.3 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 27.7 | 16.3 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 27.7 | 16.3 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 27.8 | 16.2 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 27.8 | 16.2 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 27.8 | 16.1 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 27.8 | 16.1 | 33 |
| 1991 | 27.8 | – | – |
| 1990 | 27.8 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Romania vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRomania: $8.81B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRomania: 132 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025