Forest area in Switzerland

Forest area in Switzerland: 29.2% in 1990 and 32% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 32%
Since 1990: +2.8 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 108 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Switzerland	World
2024	32	–
2023	32	31.1
2022	31.9	31.1
2021	31.9	31.2
2020	31.8	31.2
2019	31.8	31.2
2018	31.7	31.3
2017	31.7	31.3
2016	31.7	31.3
2015	31.6	31.4
2014	31.5	31.4
2013	31.5	31.4
2012	31.4	31.5
2011	31.3	31.9
2010	31.3	32
2009	31.2	32
2008	31.1	32
2007	31	32.1
2006	30.9	32.1
2005	30.8	32.1
2004	30.7	32.2
2003	30.6	32.3
2002	30.5	32.3
2001	30.4	32.3
2000	30.3	32.4
1999	30.2	32.5
1998	30.1	32.5
1997	29.9	32.6
1996	29.8	32.7
1995	29.7	32.7
1994	29.6	32.8
1993	29.5	32.8
1992	29.4	33
1991	29.3	–
1990	29.2	–

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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