The FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) is a collation of forest data undertaken by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) at the global level every five years.

At around 13% forest cover in 2015, the UK is one of the least densely forested countries in Europe (Table 9.1, Figure 9.1). This compares with 38% for the EU as a whole and 31% worldwide.

Table 9.1 Forest cover: international comparisons, 2015

^{Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015.}

^Notes:

^{1. Cyprus is included in EU-28 total but is part of FAO’s Asia region.}

^{These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics}

Figure 9.1 Forest cover: international comparisons, 2015

^{Source: FAO.}

^{These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics}