UK Forestry Statistics on Woodland Area, Planting, and Trade for 2019

UK-wide summary statistics on forestry released by the Forestry Commission on 26 September 2019. The data covers woodland area, planting, timber, trade, carbon, environment, social factors, employment, and finance. Where possible, figures are provided separately for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Use Cases

• Analyze national and sub-national woodland area trends based on the summary statistics.
• Model carbon sequestration potential based on the carbon data mentioned.
• Assess timber trade dynamics based on the trade and finance statistics.
• Compare forestry employment and social impacts across the UK nations.

Strengths

• Data is designated as official National Statistics approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
• Provides breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland where possible.
• Covers multiple thematic areas including carbon, environment, social, and finance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last platform update was 2026-06-29.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Data reflects statistics for 2019.

Geography

United Kingdom, with sub-national data for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.