Which has higher forestland — area, Bulgaria or Greece?

Greece, at 4,763 1000 ha against 3,959 1000 ha in Bulgaria as of 2025.

What is the difference in forestland — area between Bulgaria and Greece?

804 1000 ha, with Greece ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Greece?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forestland — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Greece: Forestland — Area

Bulgaria

3,959 1000 ha

in 2025

Greece

4,763 1000 ha

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

71st

Greece rank

69th

Forestland — Area over time

Bulgaria
Greece

How they compare

Greece currently reports 4,763 1000 ha against 3,959 1000 ha in Bulgaria, a difference of 804 1000 ha.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Greece ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 71st and Greece ranks 69th of 223 countries.

Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Greece	Difference	Ahead
1990s	3,349 1000 ha	3,709 1000 ha	360.3 1000 ha	Greece
2000s	3,538 1000 ha	3,714 1000 ha	176.36 1000 ha	Greece
2010s	3,817 1000 ha	4,118 1000 ha	301 1000 ha	Greece
2020s	3,928 1000 ha	4,763 1000 ha	835.3 1000 ha	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forestland — area, Bulgaria or Greece?: Greece, at 4,763 1000 ha against 3,959 1000 ha in Bulgaria as of 2025.
What is the difference in forestland — area between Bulgaria and Greece?: 804 1000 ha, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Greece?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and Greece rank globally for forestland — area?: Bulgaria ranks 71st and Greece ranks 69th of 223 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forestland — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bulgaria vs Greece: Forestland — Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 26 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forestland-area-fao-tier-1/bulgaria/greece/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/forestland-area-fao-tier-1/bulgaria/greece/">Bulgaria vs Greece: Forestland — Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Forestland — Area
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 275 places, 9,600 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).