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Hungary — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Hungary, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
22.45%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +11.2% since 1990
Forest area for Hungary was 22.45% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 22.70% in 2013. The lowest was 20.18% in 1990 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.32% per year.
Hungary ranks 126 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 31.08%, so Hungary sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
22.45%
First (1990)
20.18%
Change
+11.2%
Highest
22.70%
in 2013
Lowest
20.18%
in 1990
Average
21.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.32%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 22.45% |
| 2022 | 22.46% |
| 2021 | 22.48% |
| 2020 | 22.5% |
| 2019 | 22.51% |
| 2018 | 22.53% |
| 2017 | 22.54% |
| 2016 | 22.56% |
| 2015 | 22.58% |
| 2014 | 22.55% |
| 2013 | 22.7% |
| 2012 | 22.67% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.