Netherlands

Forest area in Netherlands

Forest area in Netherlands: 10.2% in 1990 and 11% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
11%
Since 1990
+0.7 percentage points
Rank, 2024
165 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in NetherlandsForest area in Netherlands: 10.2% in 1990 and 11% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 11.1% in 2010, the lowest 10.2% in 1990.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 11.1% in 2010, the lowest 10.2% in 1990.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearNetherlandsWorld
202411–
202310.931.1
202210.931.1
202110.931.2
202010.931.2
201910.931.2
201810.931.3
201710.931.3
201610.931.3
201510.831.4
201410.931.4
201310.931.4
20121131.5
20111131.9
201011.132
20091132
20081132
200710.932.1
200610.932.1
200510.932.1
200410.832.2
200310.832.3
200210.732.3
200110.732.3
200010.732.4
199910.632.5
199810.632.5
199710.532.6
199610.532.7
199510.432.7
199410.432.8
199310.432.8
199210.333
199110.3–
199010.2–

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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