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Forest area in Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands: Forest area was 80 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
80 hectares
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
227th
of 235 countries
All-time high
80 hectares
in 1990
All-time low
80 hectares
in 1990
Years of data
36
1990–2025

Forest area in Faroe Islands, 1990–2025

0204060801990200720251990: 80 hectares1991: 80 hectares1992: 80 hectares1993: 80 hectares1994: 80 hectares1995: 80 hectares1996: 80 hectares1997: 80 hectares1998: 80 hectares1999: 80 hectares2000: 80 hectares2001: 80 hectares2002: 80 hectares2003: 80 hectares2004: 80 hectares2005: 80 hectares2006: 80 hectares2007: 80 hectares2008: 80 hectares2009: 80 hectares2010: 80 hectares2011: 80 hectares2012: 80 hectares2013: 80 hectares2014: 80 hectares2015: 80 hectares2016: 80 hectares2017: 80 hectares2018: 80 hectares2019: 80 hectares2020: 80 hectares2021: 80 hectares2022: 80 hectares2023: 80 hectares2024: 80 hectares2025: 80 hectares

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.

Analysis

Faroe Islands recorded 80 hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, forest area in Faroe Islands peaked at 80 hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 80 hectares, in 1990.

Faroe Islands ranks 227th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 80 hectares 80 hectares 80 hectares 10
2000s 80 hectares 80 hectares 80 hectares 10
2010s 80 hectares 80 hectares 80 hectares 10
2020s 80 hectares 80 hectares 80 hectares 6

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  1. 224 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 300 hectares compare
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  3. 226 Saint Barthelemy 170 hectares compare
  4. 228 Curacao 70 hectares compare
  5. 229 Falkland Islands 0 hectares compare
  6. 229 Gibraltar 0 hectares compare
  7. 229 Monaco 0 hectares compare
  8. 229 Nauru 0 hectares compare
  9. 229 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares compare
  10. 229 Tokelau 0 hectares compare
  11. 229 Vatican 0 hectares compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is forest area in Faroe Islands?
Forest area in Faroe Islands was 80 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest forest area recorded in Faroe Islands?
The highest recorded value was 80 hectares in 1990.
What is the lowest forest area recorded in Faroe Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 80 hectares in 1990.
How does Faroe Islands rank for forest area?
Faroe Islands ranks 227th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
Is forest area rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.