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Italy: Forest area (% of land area)

31.82percent · 2024+5.4% 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 Italy from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202431.819
202331.777
202231.734
202131.692
202031.65
201931.344
201831.038
201730.732
201630.426
201530.12
201430.202
201330.284
201230.365
201130.447
201030.529
200930.306
200830.084
200729.861
200629.638
200529.415
200429.193
200328.97
200228.747
200128.524
200028.301
199928.191
199827.926
199727.661
199627.396
199527.131
199426.866
199326.601
199226.336
199126.071
199025.806

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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