Portugal

Forest area in Portugal

Forest area in Portugal: 37.6% in 1990 and 36.7% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
36.7%
Since 1990
−0.9 percentage points
Rank, 2024
90 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in PortugalForest area in Portugal: 37.6% in 1990 and 36.7% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 37.6% in 1990, the lowest 35.5% in 2010.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 37.6% in 1990, the lowest 35.5% in 2010.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearPortugalWorld
202436.7–
202336.631.1
202236.531.1
202136.531.2
202036.431.2
201936.431.2
201836.331.3
201736.331.3
201636.231.3
201536.231.4
20143631.4
201335.931.4
201235.831.5
201135.631.9
201035.532
200935.632
200835.832
200735.932.1
20063632.1
200536.132.1
200436.232.2
200336.332.3
200236.432.3
200136.532.3
200036.632.4
199936.732.5
199836.832.5
199736.932.6
19963732.7
199537.132.7
199437.232.8
199337.332.8
199237.433
199137.5–
199037.6–

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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