Poland
Forest area in Poland
Forest area in Poland: 29% in 1990 and 31% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 31%
- Since 1990
- +2 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 110 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31 | – |
| 2023 | 31 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 30.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 30.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 30.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 30.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 30.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 30.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 30.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 30.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 30.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 30.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 30.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 30.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 30.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 30 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 29.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 29.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 29.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 29.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 29.6 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 29.5 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 29.5 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 29.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 29.4 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 29.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 29.2 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 29.2 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 29.1 | 33 |
| 1991 | 29.1 | – |
| 1990 | 29 | – |
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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- Military spending4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel189,000 people in 2020
- National power0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports59 million TIV in 2025