Finland

Forest area in Finland

Forest area in Finland: 71.8% in 1990 and 74.2% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
74.2%
Since 1990
+2.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024
13 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in FinlandForest area in Finland: 71.8% in 1990 and 74.2% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 74.2% in 2020, the lowest 71.8% in 1990.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 74.2% in 2020, the lowest 71.8% in 1990.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearFinlandWorld
202474.2–
202374.231.1
202274.231.1
202174.231.2
202074.231.2
201974.131.2
20187431.3
201773.931.3
201673.831.3
201573.731.4
201473.631.4
201373.531.4
201273.431.5
201173.331.9
201073.232
200973.332
200873.332
200773.332.1
200673.432.1
200573.432.1
200473.432.2
200373.532.3
200273.632.3
200173.632.3
200073.732.4
199973.532.5
199873.332.5
199773.132.6
199672.932.7
199572.832.7
199472.632.8
199372.432.8
199272.233
199172–
199071.8–

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.

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