Türkiye
Forest area in Türkiye
Forest area in Türkiye: 25.7% in 1990 and 29.5% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 29.5%
- Since 1990
- +3.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 113 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29.5 | – |
| 2023 | 29.3 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 29.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 29 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 28.9 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 28.7 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 28.6 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 28.4 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 28.3 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 28.1 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 28 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 27.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 27.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 27.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 27.4 | 32 |
| 2009 | 27.3 | 32 |
| 2008 | 27.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 27 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 26.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 26.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 26.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 26.5 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 26.4 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 26.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 26.2 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 26.1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 26.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 26 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 26 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 25.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 25.9 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 25.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 25.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | 25.8 | – |
| 1990 | 25.7 | – |
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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Türkiye in numbers
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- Military spending1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per person$342 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel512,000 people in 2020
- National power1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports539 million TIV in 2025