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
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.
Forest area in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | hectares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 80 hectares | — |
| 1991 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 80 hectares | +0.0% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 80 hectares is below the median for high income countries, which is 436,060 hectares, 0% of the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 80 hectares is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.12 million hectares, 0% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 224 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 300 hectares compare
- 225 Greenland 220 hectares compare
- 226 Saint Barthelemy 170 hectares compare
- 228 Curacao 70 hectares compare
- 229 Falkland Islands 0 hectares
- 229 Gibraltar 0 hectares
- 229 Monaco 0 hectares
- 229 Nauru 0 hectares
- 229 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares
- 229 Tokelau 0 hectares
- 229 Vatican 0 hectares
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 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
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.