Forest land prices 2026

The median based on 2,960 transactions in the 12 months until February 2026 is PLN 50,000/ha. Half of transactions were between PLN 32,600 and PLN 89,400/ha. A typical transaction is 0.73 ha of forest land for PLN 40,000.

The median for the last three months (December 2025 - February 2026) was 0.2% higher than than in the same months a year earlier. We calculate the change across 138 counties (powiats) that have provided complete data since 2022, so it is not distorted by new counties joining the register.

Annual medians: 2022: 40,000 PLN/ha, 2023: 48,000 PLN/ha, 2024: 49,400 PLN/ha, 2025: 51,100 PLN/ha. From 2022 to 2025, the median changed by +27.8%. In 2026 (until February 2026), it is 50,000 PLN/ha. We include 138 counties with complete data from 2022 onwards.

The highest medians (12 months until February 2026) are in the following voivodeships: Pomorskie Voivodeship (81,700 PLN/ha), Małopolskie Voivodeship (76,900 PLN/ha), Śląskie Voivodeship (65,400 PLN/ha). The lowest: Lubelskie Voivodeship (31,700 PLN/ha), Podlaskie Voivodeship (43,100 PLN/ha), Mazowieckie Voivodeship (46,700 PLN/ha). The median in the most expensive voivodeship is 2.6 times higher than in the least expensive one.

According to our criteria, there were 2,960 transactions in the 12 months until February 2026, and 12,930 in total since January 2022. Over the last 24 months, the highest numbers were sold in the following municipalities (gminas): Jabłonka municipality (gmina) (42), Piątnica municipality (gmina) (29), Ciechanowiec (28), Rutki municipality (gmina) (27), Nowy Targ municipality (gmina) (26).

Forest land according to the land register or local zoning plan, with an area from 0.1 to 50 ha, sold in full on the open market. The price covers the land together with its tree stand because the trees form part of the land and are sold with it.

The main factor is the tree stand: its age, species (such as pine, oak or beech) and the amount of timber that can be harvested. Young or recently felled forest land is cheaper than mature forest. Other important factors include access for machinery, the plot's shape and size, proximity to other forests, and whether the forest is covered by a simplified forest management plan specifying permitted felling.

Yes. When forest land is sold, the State Treasury, represented by the State Forests (the forest district manager), generally has the right of first refusal. The notary first concludes a conditional agreement, and the forest district then has time to decide. Only if it does not exercise this right is the agreement transferring ownership concluded.

As a rule, no. Building a house on forest land requires the land use designation to be changed in the local development plan and permission to exclude it from forest production, which is a lengthy and uncertain process. This is why forest prices are closer to agricultural land prices than to building plot prices.

The buyer pays 2% tax on civil-law transactions (PCC) on the market value, a notary's fee plus VAT and a court fee for entry in the land and mortgage register. The sale of forest land that is not designated for development is exempt from VAT. The forest owner then pays forest tax each year.

From the Property Price Register (RCN, Polish official register of real-estate transactions), maintained by county authorities and city mayors based on notarial deeds, with data made available by the Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography. We use data from 380 counties and city registers. These are contract prices, not asking prices, and exclude details of the parties to the transactions.

The asking price is the amount in the listing that the seller would like to receive. The transaction price is the amount recorded in the notarial deed, for which the property actually changed hands. Listing prices can be higher due to room for negotiation and properties that do not sell, so we show transaction prices only, as a median: half of the transactions were cheaper and half were more expensive.

Every month, we retrieve new transactions from the register and recalculate all figures (last updated 5 October 2026). County offices enter notarial deeds in the register with a delay, so the latest complete month in the data is February 2026.

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