IntervaOpen the desk

World Bank · Agriculture

Switzerland: Forest area (% of land area)

32.02percent · 2024+1.6% 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 Switzerland from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202432.022
202331.976
202231.929
202131.883
202031.837
201931.79
201831.744
201731.698
201631.651
201531.604
201431.533
201331.462
201231.391
201131.32
201031.248
200931.15
200831.052
200730.954
200630.856
200530.757
200430.659
200330.56
200230.462
200130.363
200030.265
199930.156
199830.047
199729.938
199629.829
199529.72
199429.613
199329.505
199229.397
199129.289
199029.181

Source

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

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

CSV, all countriesJSON, SwitzerlandAPI and MCP

Forest area (% of land area) in other countries

Rank Switzerland against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.

Switzerland: Forest area (% of land area) (1990–2024) · Interva