Forest Area

Europe Ranking

percent of total land areaSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Finland	73.7	2020	1	73.7
2	Sweden	68.7	2020	2	68.7
3	Slovenia	61.5	2020	3	61.6
3 ↑	Montenegro	61.5	2020	4	61.5
5	Estonia	56.1	2020	5	56.1
6	Latvia	54.9	2020	6	54.9
7	Angola	53.4	2020	7	53.9
8	Austria	47.3	2020	8	47.2
9	Belarus	43.2	2020	9	43.1
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.7	2020	10	42.7
11	Liechtenstein	41.9	2020	11	41.9
12	Georgia	40.6	2020	12	40.6
13	Slovakia	40.1	2020	13	40.1
14	Macedonia	39.7	2020	14	39.7
15	Spain	37.2	2020	15	37.2
16	Luxembourg	36.5	2020	16	36.5
17	Portugal	36.2	2020	17	36.2
18	Bulgaria	35.9	2020	18	35.7
19	Lithuania	35.1	2020	19	35.1
20	Czech Republic	34.7	2020	20	34.7
21	Croatia	34.3	2020	21	34.2
22	Andorra	34	2020	22	34
23	Norway	33.4	2020	23	33.3
24	Germany	32.7	2020	24	32.7
25	Switzerland	32.1	2020	25	32
25 ↑	Italy	32.1	2020	26	31.9
27	France	31.5	2020	27	31.4
28	Serbia	31.1	2020	28	31.1
29	Poland	31	2020	29	30.9
30	Greece	30.3	2020	30	30.3
31	Romania	30.1	2020	31	30.1
32	Albania	28.8	2020	32	28.8
33	Belgium	22.8	2020	33	22.8
34	Hungary	22.5	2020	34	22.5
35	Cyprus	18.7	2020	35	18.7
36	San Marino	16.7	2020	36	16.7
36	Ukraine	16.7	2020	36	16.7
38	Denmark	15.7	2020	38	15.7
39	United Kingdom	13.2	2020	39	13.2
40	Moldova	11.8	2020	40	11.8
41	Armenia	11.5	2020	41	11.5
42	Ireland	11.4	2020	42	11.3
43	Netherlands	11	2020	43	10.9
44	Malta	1.4	2020	44	1.4
45	Iceland	0.5	2020	45	0.5
46	Faroe Islands	0.1	2020	46	0.1
47	Monaco	0	2018	47	0
47	Gibraltar	0	2018	47	0

Definition of Forest Area

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.