Global planted forest size as a share of total forest area 2020, by region

The total size of planted forests across the globe is approximately 294 million hectares, which represents roughly seven percent of the world's forest area. Amongst regions, East Asia has the largest area of planted forest by share of total forest size, with a figure of roughly 36 percent in 2020. Ranking second is Europe, where the proportion amounted to some 30 percent. The lowest share of planted forest is found in Western and Central Africa, with only one percent of its forests area composed of planted forests.

全球范围内人工种植的森林总面积约为2.94亿公顷，约占全球森林面积的百分之七。在各区域中，东亚以森林总面积的36%占据了人工种植森林面积的最大份额，该比例在2020年达到峰值。紧随其后的是欧洲，其比例约为30%。而在西方和中部非洲，人工种植森林的面积占比最低，仅有其森林面积的百分之一。