# EU countries by forest share of land area, 2024

All 27 values come from World Bank for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `forest_area_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Share of land area under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters, productive or not, excluding tree stands in agricultural production systems and trees in urban parks and gardens. World Bank series from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
- Source: World Bank, Forest area, % of land area (AG.LND.FRST.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Forest area, % of land area (AG.LND.FRST.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/forest-area/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Finland | 74.2 |
| 2 | Sweden | 68.6 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 61.8 |
| 4 | Estonia | 57.2 |
| 5 | Latvia | 55.6 |
| 6 | Austria | 47.3 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 40.3 |
| 8 | Czechia | 38.4 |
| 9 | Spain | 38.2 |
| 10 | Greece | 36.9 |
| 11 | Portugal | 36.6 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 36.4 |
| 13 | Lithuania | 35.4 |
| 14 | Croatia | 34.8 |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 34.5 |
| 16 | France | 32.9 |
| 17 | Germany | 32.8 |
| 18 | Italy | 31.8 |
| 19 | Poland | 31 |
| 20 | Romania | 30.2 |
| 21 | Hungary | 22.8 |
| 22 | Belgium | 22 |
| 23 | Cyprus | 18.6 |
| 24 | Denmark | 16 |
| 25 | Ireland | 12 |
| 26 | Netherlands | 11 |
| 27 | Malta | 1.5 |