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United Kingdom: Forest area (sq. km)

32,780sq km · 2025+3.9% since 2015

Forest area is land 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 United Kingdom from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (sq km)Note
202532,780
202432,654
202332,528
202232,402
202132,276
202032,150
201932,030
201831,910
201731,790
201631,670
201531,550
201431,358
201331,166
201230,974
201130,782
201030,590
200930,485
200830,380
200730,275
200630,170
200530,065
200429,960
200329,855
200229,750
200129,645
200029,540
199929,364
199829,188
199729,012
199628,836
199528,660
199428,484
199328,308
199228,132
199127,956
199027,780

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (sq. km). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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