Land cover for FAO Forest categories by NUTS 2 region by country

Countries reporting
27
Highest
549,060
France
Lowest
316
Malta
Median
78,871
Years covered
14
2009–2022
Data points
1,330

What the numbers show

Land cover for FAO Forest categories by NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 549,060 in France; the lowest is 316 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 78,871, and the mean is 152,781.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,738.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 0.3%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 1.4%).

Land cover for FAO Forest categories by NUTS 2 region: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 549,060 2022 unchanged flat
2 Spain 498,502 2022 down 0.0% flat
3 Sweden 447,424 2022 down 0.5% flat
4 Germany 357,569 2022 down 0.2% flat
5 Finland 338,363 2022 up 0.2% flat
6 Poland 311,928 2022 down 0.6% flat
7 Italy 302,073 2022 up 0.3% flat
8 Romania 238,398 2022 down 0.3% flat
9 Greece 131,694 2022 down 0.2% flat
10 Bulgaria 110,996 2022 up 0.0% flat
11 Hungary 93,012 2022 down 0.0% flat
12 Portugal 89,103 2022 up 0.3% flat
13 Austria 83,882 2022 down 0.1% flat
14 Czechia 78,871 2022 down 0.0% flat
15 Lithuania 65,284 2022 down 0.2% flat
16 Latvia 64,594 2022 down 1.4% flat
17 Croatia 56,594 2022 up 0.1% flat
18 Slovakia 49,035 2022 up 0.0% flat
19 Ireland 69,947 2022 up 0.0% flat
19 Estonia 45,336 2022 down 0.0% flat
20 Denmark 42,925 2022 down 0.5% flat
21 Netherlands 37,391 2022 down 1.1% flat
22 Belgium 30,667 2022 down 0.0% flat
23 Slovenia 20,273 2022 down 0.0% flat
24 Cyprus 9,253 2022 up 0.0% flat
222 Luxembourg 2,595 2022 unchanged flat
241 Malta 316 2022 up 0.3% flat

About this data

Indicator
Land cover for FAO Forest categories by NUTS 2 region
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
266 places, 1,330 data points, 2009–2022
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