Italy - Forest area as a share of land area

32.5 (%) in 2021

In 2021, forest area as a share of land area for Italy was 32.5 %. Forest area as a share of land area of Italy increased from 28.7 % in 2002 to 32.5 % in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 0.65%.

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What is forest area as a share of land area?

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

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