As of 1 January 2015, forests extend over an area of 8.653 million ha, corresponding to about 42 per cent of the country’s land area (table 10.1). This is mainly due to natural afforestation of former low-quality agricultural lands, and to planting on lands allocated to afforestation activities. The extent of forest land and other wooded land is about 1 ha per inhabitant, which is higher than the average of 0.4 ha per inhabitant in Central European countries.