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Sweden — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Sweden, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
68.70%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -0.3% since 1990
Forest area for Sweden was 68.70% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 69.14% in 2000. The lowest was 68.69% in 2015 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.01% per year.
Sweden ranks 18 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 31.08%, so Sweden sits above it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
68.70%
First (1990)
68.89%
Change
-0.3%
Highest
69.14%
in 2000
Lowest
68.69%
in 2015
Average
68.91%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.01%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 68.7% |
| 2022 | 68.7% |
| 2021 | 68.7% |
| 2020 | 68.7% |
| 2019 | 68.7% |
| 2018 | 68.69% |
| 2017 | 68.69% |
| 2016 | 68.69% |
| 2015 | 68.69% |
| 2014 | 68.74% |
| 2013 | 68.78% |
| 2012 | 68.83% |
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.