Coastal waters — Area in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Coastal waters — Area was 1,156 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Coastal waters — Area in Faroe Islands, 2020–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coastal waters — area in Faroe Islands stood at 1,156 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over five years.
Faroe Islands ranks 9th of 21 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Coastal waters — Area in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,156 1000 ha | — |
| 2021 | 1,156 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,156 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,156 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,156 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 1,156 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 789.8 1000 ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 1,156 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 102 1000 ha, 11.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 6 Croatia 3,148 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Arab Emirates 2,745 1000 ha compare
- 8 Costa Rica 1,289 1000 ha compare
- 10 Bermuda 423.6 1000 ha compare
- 11 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 415 1000 ha compare
- 12 Lithuania 186 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 5 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.32 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 71.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0.09 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.75 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal waters — area in Faroe Islands?
- Coastal waters — area in Faroe Islands was 1,156 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coastal waters — area recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1,156 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest coastal waters — area recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,156 1000 ha in 2021.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for coastal waters — area?
- Faroe Islands ranks 9th out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coastal waters — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.