Apparently forest cover is ~30%. Note that "forest" here uses the wood industry's definition of forest (tree plantation), not the ecological one.
Also, it blows my mind every day how thorough and complete our estrangement with nature has become... Barely anyone seems to notice or be disturbed by the loss of natural heritage in this country.
I grew up in northeastern America and have gotten used to it's wilderness. After moving to Berlin, I was shocked to discover that much of what looked like "forests" on the maps of Eastern Germany are actually just grids of identical coniferous trees in a barely-alive landscape, criss-crossed by dirt roads.
Conversely, it never ceases to amuse and sadden me how astounded Germans are by my stories of wilderness just a few hours drive from NYC.
If you ever get lost in here in The Netherlands, just walk straight for 30 minutes and you'll hit a probably decent, paved road. Or stand still and wait for the sounds of a car.
I might me exaggerating for some exceptional places, but not much.
Another fun fact: there is actually no true wilderness in Europe - literally the entire biome has been demonstrated to have been selectively cultivated by humans for 10's of thousands of years.
There are cultivated areas of wilderness in North and South America. But the way it is cultivated is more like the modern “perennial food forest”, and not “scientific forestry” you see in Europe.
Just finding enough trees in one place to take a 20min forest walk in northern Germany is a major challenge.
But I was born in Sweden, so I have pretty high expectations when it comes to forests :)