Forest resources by region

The growing stock volume on forest land and poorly productive forest land is 2.6 billion cubic metres and annual increment amounts to 103 million cubic metres. The mean growing stock volume on forest land is 123 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 9.2 million hectares. A little more than half of the current peatland area has been drained.
• The growing stock volume on forest land and poorly productive forest land totals 2,578 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. A quarter of the growing stock is located on peatlands and three quarters on mineral soils.
• The mean growing stock volume on forest land is 123 cubic metres per hectare. The mean volume is 149 cubic metres per hectare in Southern Finland and 93 cubic metres per hectare in Northern Finland.
• The annual increment of growing stock on forest land and poorly productive forest land is 103 million cubic metres (4.5 cubic metres per hectare on average). The mean annual increment is 6.3 in Southern Finland and 2.7 cubic metres per hectare in Northern Finland.