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Romania — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Romania, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
30.12%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +8.4% since 1990
Forest area for Romania was 30.12% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 30.12% in 2016. The lowest was 27.71% in 2000 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.25% per year.
Romania ranks 109 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 51%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 31.08%, so Romania sits below it. It peaked in 2016 and has risen 0% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
30.12%
First (1990)
27.78%
Change
+8.4%
Highest
30.12%
in 2016
Lowest
27.71%
in 2000
Average
28.62%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.25%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.12% |
| 2022 | 30.12% |
| 2021 | 30.12% |
| 2020 | 30.12% |
| 2019 | 30.12% |
| 2018 | 30.12% |
| 2017 | 30.12% |
| 2016 | 30.12% |
| 2015 | 29.99% |
| 2014 | 29.66% |
| 2013 | 29.33% |
| 2012 | 28.99% |
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.