Ireland · figures to end of 2025
Native Tree Tracker
How many trees Ireland is planting and cutting, and how much of the forest is native. Built from Department of Agriculture figures. The counters are estimates running at the 2025 pace.
Trees planted in new forests, 2026 so farEstimate. New forest on land that had none before.
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about one every 4.1 seconds · 7.65 million a year
Trees harvested, 2026 so farEstimate. Mostly conifer plantations. Felled sites must be replanted, and that replanting is not counted above.
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about one every 2 seconds · 15.8 million a year
What is being planted
72%Broadleaf trees. Mainly downy birch, alder and oak, all native. About 5.5 million trees on 66% of the new area.
28%Conifers. Mainly Sitka spruce (not native), plus Scots pine and lodgepole pine. About 2.1 million trees on 34% of the area.
2,527 hanew forest created in 2025, up 61% on 2024
8,000 hayearly target in the Climate Action Plan
335 haRoscommon, the county that planted most
What is standing
33.9%Native or mixed forest, about 241,800 ha
66.1%Non-native forest, about 471,400 ha
808,848 hatotal forest, 11.6% of the country
713,152 haof that has trees on it today
50.6%of the stocked area is Sitka spruce alone
What is being cut
18,219 halicensed for clear-felling in 2025
2,346 halicensed for thinning, the lowest since 2010
5.2 million m³of timber removed in 2025, up 18%