Forest

Forestry statistics provide information about the size of Estonia’s forest resources, the annual increment of stands, the area of forest land in Estonia, the share of protected forest land or for example the annual volume of fellings.

Forest accounting is a statistical framework that treats forests both as a natural resource and as an economic asset from a macroeconomic perspective. The forest accounting framework links physical indicators of forests (forest land area, timber stock, increment, and timber harvesting) with corresponding monetary indicators, as well as with economic indicators (output, costs, and value added). In calculating output and value added, the forest accounting methodology also takes into account the value of growing timber.

The methodological report on the development of forest accounting completed in 2024 can be found here: methodological report.  The development work  has been co-financed by Eurostat (101113157 — 2022-EE-EGD).

The methodological report on the development of forest accounts  completed in 2025 can be read here: Developing of the forest accounts. The development work  has been co-financed by Eurostat grant  for developing environmental accounts 101197994 — 2024-EE-EGD.

Forest accounts tables are published here:  KK53, KK54 ja KK55