Faroe Islands vs Greenland: Forest area

Faroe Islands
80 hectares
in 2025
Greenland
220 hectares
in 2025
Faroe Islands rank
227th
Greenland rank
225th

Forest area over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • Greenland
050100150200199020072025

How they compare

Greenland currently reports 220 hectares against 80 hectares in Faroe Islands, a difference of 140 hectares.

That makes Greenland's figure about 2.8 times Faroe Islands's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Greenland has been ahead every year.

Faroe Islands ranks 227th and Greenland ranks 225th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest area
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.