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France: Forest area (% of land area)

32.85percent · 2024+5.7% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is 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. Annual figures for France from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202432.852
202332.686
202232.52
202132.354
202032.189
201931.999
201831.809
201731.619
201631.429
201531.239
201431.084
201330.929
201230.774
201130.62
201030.465
200930.255
200830.045
200729.835
200629.625
200529.416
200429.206
200328.996
200228.786
200128.576
200028.366
199928.208
199828.05
199727.892
199627.734
199527.576
199427.418
199327.26
199227.102
199126.944
199026.785

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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