Forest resources by region

Data corrected on 20.11.2023. 

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The growing stock volume on forest land and poorly productive forest land is 2.6 billion cubic metres and annual increment amounts to 104 million cubic metres. The mean growing stock volume on forest land is 122 cubic metres and the annual mean increment is 5 cubic metres per hectare.

• There are 26.2 million hectares of forestry land in Finland, covering 86% of the total land area. Of forestry land, 77% is forest land. In addition to forest land, forestry land includes poorly productive forest land (10%) and completely or nearly treeless unproductive land (12%). Forest vehicle roads, storage areas and other forestry maintenance areas account for 1% of forestry land.
• Of forestry land, peatlands account for 35%, or 9.1 million hectares.
• The growing stock volume on forest land and poorly productive forest land totals 2,550 million cubic metres. Of the growing stock volume, 88% is located on land available for wood production. Wood production land does not include conservation areas, for example.
• The mean growing stock volume on forest land is 122 cubic metres per hectare.
• The annual increment of growing stock on forest land and poorly productive forest land is 104 million cubic metres. The mean annual increment of growing stock on forest land is 5.0 cubic metres per hectare in the entire country.

The most recent data are based on the National Forest Inventory prepared between 2018 and 2022.