What are the Top 10 fastest growing forests in Europe?

Valerie Charoux
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Environment News Europe – Here are the Top 10 fastest growing forests in Europe and the volume of timber produced, according to a report by Eurostat dated December 19^th, 2025:

Here are the Top 10 fastest growing forests in Europe:

1 – Portugal

Portugal ranks No. 1 country in Europe with the highest forest growth with 11.1% forest growth in 2023.

The Portuguese Forest cover occupies more than a third of the national territory, that represents four times what it was in the 19th century.

The volume of timber produced by Portugal was around 169,979 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

“Around 36% of our territory is forest. Forest and scrubland make up 69% of the territory,” according to Portugal’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro at the ceremony presenting Portugal’s Forest Intervention Plan until 2050, which foresees an investment of around 6.4 billion euros.

2 – Denmark

Denmark ranks 2^nd country in Europe with the highest forest growth with 7.6% forest growth in 2023.

The volume of timber produced by Denmark was around 149,719 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

3 – Ireland

Ireland ranks 3^rd country in Europe with the highest forest growth with 6.8% forest growth in 2023.

Ireland ranks 1^st country in the ranking of growth of timber stock with +3.6%.

The volume of timber produced by Ireland was around 152,702 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

4 – Finland

While Finland ranks 4th country in Europe with the highest forest growth in 2023, the volume of timber produced by Finland was around 2,638,368 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

5 – Lithuania

While Lithuania ranks 5th country in Europe with the highest forest growth in 2023, the volume of timber produced by Lithuania was around 56,382 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

6 – Belgium

While Belgium ranks 6th country in Europe with the highest forest growth in 2023, the volume of timber produced by Belgium was around 179,870 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

7 – Sweden

While Sweden ranks 7th country in Europe with the highest forest growth in 2023, the volume of timber produced by Sweden was around 3,803,019 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

8 – Poland

While Poland ranks 8th country in Europe with the highest forest growth in 2023, the volume of timber produced by Poland was around 2,698,678 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

9 – Hungary

While Hungary ranks 9th country in Europe with the highest forest growth in 2023, the volume of timber produced by Hungary was around 412,526 thousand cubic meters in 2023.

10 – Latvia

While Latvia ranks 10th country in Europe with the highest forest growth in 2023, the volume of timber produced by Latvia was around 676,259 thousand cubic meters in 2023.