For the purpose of our tree count, we're defining a tree as a woody perennial plant species that can grow to a height of at least 5 metres.
What we class as a tree [XLSX, 61 KB]
Check back quarterly to see how we're tracking to the goal of planting one billion trees by 2028.
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The One Billion Trees progress chart shows the latest update as at 30 November 2025.
The number of trees planted since the One Billion Trees programme was announced in 2018, to 30 November 2025 is 800,969,000. An estimated 116,000,000 tree seedlings will be planted in 2025.
The One Billion Trees fund has directly funded 38,760,000 trees for planting between 2018 and 2028. 85% of those are native species and 15% are exotic species.
