Forest land area rose 0.452% to 38.2 '000 sq km in Bulgaria in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 38.7 '000 sq km in 2009 and an all time low of 33.3 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, forest land area in Greece amounted to 40.5 '000 sq km, 68.6 '000 sq km in Romania, 27.2 '000 sq km in Serbia and 117 '000 sq km in Turkey in 2015.
Bulgaria has been ranked 81st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Albania | '000 sq km | 7.77 | 7.76 | 7.75 | 7.74 | 7.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | '000 sq km | 21.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | '000 sq km | 38.7 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.7 | 37.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | '000 sq km | 19.2 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 19.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | '000 sq km | 38.7 | 39.0 | 39.3 | 39.6 | 39.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | '000 sq km | 20.2 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 20.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | '000 sq km | 111 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | '000 sq km | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | '000 sq km | 9.93 | 9.98 | 9.98 | 9.98 | 9.98 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | '000 sq km | 3.81 | 3.86 | 3.91 | 3.95 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | '000 sq km | 65.4 | 65.2 | 65.8 | 66.5 | 67.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | '000 sq km | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.7 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 27.2 | |||||||
| Turkey | '000 sq km | 112 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | '000 sq km | 96.8 | 95.5 | 95.7 | 95.9 | 96.1 |
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