Ireland
Forest area in Ireland
Forest area in Ireland: 6.7% in 1990 and 12% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 12%
- Since 1990
- +5.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 157 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | – |
| 2023 | 11.9 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 11.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 11.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 11.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 11.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 11.3 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 11.2 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 11.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 11 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 10.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 10.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 10.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 10.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 10.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 10.3 | 32 |
| 2008 | 10.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 10.1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 9.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 9.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 9.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 9.5 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 9.4 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 9.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 9.2 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 8.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 8.7 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 8.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 8.2 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 7.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 7.7 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 7.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1991 | 6.9 | – |
| 1990 | 6.7 | – |
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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Ireland in numbers
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- Military spending0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per person$272 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports14 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports24 million TIV in 2025