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Ireland: Forest area (% of land area)

11.97percent · 2024+10.3% 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 Ireland from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202411.975
202311.86
202211.745
202111.631
202011.516
201911.404
201811.291
201711.179
201611.067
201510.955
201410.855
201310.756
201210.656
201110.557
201010.457
200910.326
200810.196
200710.065
20069.934
20059.804
20049.673
20039.542
20029.412
20019.281
20009.15
19998.905
19988.66
19978.415
19968.171
19957.926
19947.681
19937.436
19927.191
19916.946
19906.701

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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