Forest area in United Kingdom

Forest area in United Kingdom: 11.5% in 1990 and 13.5% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 13.5%
Since 1990: +2 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 148 of 209; counting from the highest

Watch it change on the map

% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	United Kingdom	World
2024	13.5	–
2023	13.5	31.1
2022	13.4	31.1
2021	13.3	31.2
2020	13.3	31.2
2019	13.2	31.2
2018	13.2	31.3
2017	13.1	31.3
2016	13.1	31.3
2015	13	31.4
2014	13	31.4
2013	12.9	31.4
2012	12.8	31.5
2011	12.7	31.9
2010	12.6	32
2009	12.6	32
2008	12.6	32
2007	12.5	32.1
2006	12.5	32.1
2005	12.4	32.1
2004	12.4	32.2
2003	12.3	32.3
2002	12.3	32.3
2001	12.3	32.3
2000	12.2	32.4
1999	12.1	32.5
1998	12.1	32.5
1997	12	32.6
1996	11.9	32.7
1995	11.9	32.7
1994	11.8	32.8
1993	11.7	32.8
1992	11.6	33
1991	11.6	–
1990	11.5	–

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

United Kingdom in numbers

Every measure for United Kingdom on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflicts0 deaths in 2022

Military

Climate

Technology and environment

Other places nearby