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Portugal — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Portugal, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
36.15%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -2.7% since 1990
Forest area for Portugal was 36.15% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 37.15% in 1990. The lowest was 35.51% in 2010 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.08% per year.
Portugal ranks 85 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 40%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 31.08%, so Portugal sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
36.15%
First (1990)
37.15%
Change
-2.7%
Highest
37.15%
in 1990
Lowest
35.51%
in 2010
Average
36.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.08%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 36.15% |
| 2022 | 36.15% |
| 2021 | 36.15% |
| 2020 | 36.15% |
| 2019 | 36.15% |
| 2018 | 36.15% |
| 2017 | 36.15% |
| 2016 | 36.15% |
| 2015 | 36.15% |
| 2014 | 36.02% |
| 2013 | 35.89% |
| 2012 | 35.77% |
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.