How many percent of the world's land is occupied by forests?

21%

31%

41%

51%

Forests cover 31 percent of the world's land surface, just over 4 billion hectares. (One hectare = 2.47 acres.) This is down from the pre-industrial area of 5.9 billion hectares.

Frank Douwes www.earth-policy.org

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Answers by country

Austria

82%

17%

Italy

27%

54%

Greece

15%

53%

15%

Poland

23%

50%

18%

1170

Republic of Ireland

21%

50%

21%

the United States

29%

48%

12%

the United Kingdom

13%

48%

27%

10%

Germany

26%

34%

23%

15%

Australia

23%

15%

53%

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safe location far from the sea

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