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United Kingdom: Forest area (% of land area)

13.50percent · 2024+4.1% 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 United Kingdom from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202413.497
202313.445
202213.393
202113.341
202013.289
201913.239
201813.19
201713.14
201613.091
201513.041
201412.962
201312.882
201212.803
201112.724
201012.644
200912.601
200812.557
200712.514
200612.471
200512.427
200412.384
200312.34
200212.297
200112.254
200012.21
199912.137
199812.065
199711.992
199611.919
199511.846
199411.774
199311.701
199211.628
199111.555
199011.483

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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