Progress
On track or target met
On track or target met

Desired direction: Sustainment o increase

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Headline data

Forest area as a proportion of total land area
Year Value Units Series GeoCode
2010 54.9 % Forest area as a proportion of total area
2022 54.8 % Forest area as a proportion of total area
2020 54.7 % Forest area as a proportion of total area
2018 54.2 % Forest area as a proportion of total area
2019 54.5 % Forest area as a proportion of total area
2021 54.8 % Forest area as a proportion of total area
2016 54.9 % Forest area as a proportion of total area

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Unit of Measurement:

Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Forest area as a proportion of total land area
Target

15.1 By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements
Goal

15- Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Definition

Wooded forest area in proportion to total area
Theoretical formula \[PSFA^{t} = \frac{SFA^{t}}{ST^{t}} \cdot 100\]

where:

$SFA^{t} =$ wooded forest area in year $t$

$ST^{t} =$ total land area in year $t$
Available disaggregations

Province

County

Municipality
Frequency

Annual
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Indicator calculated using a methodology harmonised across the central statistical bodies of the autonomous communities
Data last updated 2025/05/08
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

Source 1

Department of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries
Organisation Department of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries
Periodicity Annual
Link to data source Forestry Inventory

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

Forests fulfil a number of functions that are vital for humanity, including the provision of goods (wood and non-wood forest products) and services such as habitats for biodiversity, carbon sequestration, coastal protection and soil and water conservation.

The indicator provides a measure of the relative extent of forest in a country. The availability of accurate data on a country’s forest area is a key element for forest policy and planning within the context of sustainable development.

Changes in forest area reflect the demand for land for other uses and may help identify unsustainable practices in the forestry and agricultural sector.

Forest area as percentage of total land area may be used as a rough proxy for the extent to which the forests in a country are being conserved or restored, but it is only partly a measure for the extent to which they are sustainably managed.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator complies with United Nations metadata.
International results

Forest area as a proportion of total land area (%) AG_LND_FRST UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 15-1-1.pdf
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