Greenland vs Guernsey: Forest area

Greenland

220 hectares

in 2025

Guernsey

470 hectares

in 2025

Greenland rank

225th

Guernsey rank

222nd

Forest area over time

Greenland
Guernsey

How they compare

Guernsey currently reports 470 hectares against 220 hectares in Greenland, a difference of 250 hectares.

That makes Guernsey's figure about 2.1 times Greenland's.

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

Greenland ranks 225th and Guernsey ranks 222nd of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Greenland
Forest area in Guernsey
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.