Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.130% in the United Kingdom in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 0.130% in 2015 and an all time low of 0.115% in 1990. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Belgium amounted to 0.226%, 0.310% in France, 0.328% in Germany and 0.109% in Ireland in 2015.
United Kingdom has been ranked 118th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | % | 0.467% | 0.468% | 0.468% | 0.468% | 0.468% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.225% | 0.225% | 0.225% | 0.225% | 0.225% | ... | ||||||||||
| Canada | % | 0.382% | 0.382% | 0.382% | 0.382% | 0.382% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | % | 0.298% | 0.300% | 0.302% | 0.304% | 0.306% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.328% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 0.004% | 0.004% | 0.004% | 0.005% | 0.005% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 0.104% | 0.105% | 0.106% | 0.107% | 0.108% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 0.305% | 0.307% | 0.309% | 0.311% | 0.312% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.335% | 0.336% | 0.335% | 0.335% | 0.335% | ... | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 0.110% | 0.111% | 0.111% | 0.111% | 0.111% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.304% | 0.305% | 0.305% | 0.306% | 0.307% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 0.362% | 0.365% | 0.366% | 0.366% | 0.367% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 0.126% | 0.126% | 0.127% | 0.128% | 0.129% | ... |
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