"Figure 6: The area of new woodland planted annually has fluctuated, with Scotland consistently planting more woodland than any other UK nation","" "UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 1976 to 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Data sourced from national forestry organisations – Forestry Commission, Forestry England, Scottish Forestry, Forestry and Land Scotland, Welsh Government, Natural Resources Wales, Forest Service." "Unit","Thousand hectares" "","" "Year","England","Wales","Scotland","Northern Ireland","UK" "1976","2.69","1.57","22.95","1.1","28.3" "1977","2.37","1.83","18.97","1.06","24.23" "1978","2.25","1.38","17.19","0.99","21.81" "1979","1.56","1.18","17.33","0.99","21.05" "1980","2.07","1.39","21.18","0.75","25.38" "1981","1.73","1.27","17.47","0.77","21.24" "1982","1.46","1.34","20.84","0.91","24.55" "1983","2.03","1.38","18.25","0.67","22.34" "1984","1.96","1.36","21.99","0.7","26.01" "1985","1.25","1.09","19.39","0.8","22.54" "1986","1.36","0.82","21.57","0.7","24.45" "1987","1.5","0.9","22.35","0.83","25.58" "1988","1.95","1.12","25.84","0.92","29.83" "1989","2.02","1.01","26.39","0.76","30.17" "1990","3.75","0.65","15.28","1.63","21.3" "1991","4.53","0.53","14.03","1.22","20.31" "1992","4.16","0.42","12.7","0.89","18.16" "1993","5.3","0.43","12.13","1.31","19.16" "1994","6.36","0.64","10.47","1.27","18.74" "1995","5.38","0.57","13.41","0.9","20.25" "1996","4.71","0.44","10.56","0.97","16.68" "1997","4.65","0.41","11.78","0.76","17.6" "1998","4.37","0.5","11.43","0.61","16.91" "1999","5.14","0.65","10.47","0.74","16.99" "2000","5.95","0.74","10.37","0.83","17.9" "2001","5.89","0.46","11.72","0.68","18.74" "2002","5.36","0.32","8.04","0.69","14.4" "2003","5.88","0.48","6.74","0.59","13.69" "2004","4.63","0.44","6.79","0.5","12.36" "2005","5.33","0.6","5.69","0.35","11.97" "2006","3.65","0.55","4","0.61","8.8" "2007","3.17","0.57","6.59","0.49","10.83" "2008","2.59","0.19","4.19","0.55","7.52" "2009","2.51","0.19","3.44","0.29","6.43" "2010","2.29","0.22","2.72","0.21","5.44" "2011","2.53","0.3","6.02","0.25","9.1" "2012","2.67","0.76","9.03","0.31","12.76" "2013","2.59","0.91","7.04","0.25","10.8" "2014","3.36","0.93","8.33","0.29","12.91" "2015","2.43","0.1","7.56","0.21","10.3" "2016","0.82","0.11","4.63","0.05","5.61" "2017","1.16","0.41","4.76","0.21","6.53" "2018","1.5","0.2","7.14","0.21","9.05" "2019","1.41","0.67","11.21","0.24","13.53" "2020","2.36","0.08","11.05","0.2","13.68" "2021","2.05","0.29","10.66","0.28","13.29" "2022","2.26","0.58","10.48","0.54","13.85"