Forest area in Vatican
Vatican: Forest area was 0 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Vatican, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Vatican recorded 0 hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Over the whole period, forest area in Vatican peaked at 0 hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares, in 1990.
Vatican ranks 229th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vatican
- 226 Saint Barthelemy 170 hectares compare
- 227 Faroe Islands 80 hectares compare
- 228 Curacao 70 hectares compare
- 229 Falkland Islands 0 hectares compare
- 229 Gibraltar 0 hectares compare
- 229 Monaco 0 hectares compare
- 229 Nauru 0 hectares compare
- 229 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares compare
- 229 Tokelau 0 hectares compare
More environment data for Vatican
- Share of global forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area 0 hectares (2025)
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 0 hectares (2025)
- Exposure to air pollution from human sources 10.88 micrograms per cubic meter (2024)
- Exposure to outdoor air pollution 13.5 µg/m³ (2024)
- Consumption of ozone-depleting substances 0 ODP tonnes (2021)
- Emissions of ozone-depleting substances 0 ODP tonnes (2021)
- Forest certified for sustainable use 0 thousands of hectares (2024)
- Above-ground forest biomass 0 tonnes per hectare (2020)
- Exposure to outdoor air pollution in urban areas 15.48 micrograms per cubic meter (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Vatican?
- Forest area in Vatican was 0 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 Vatican?
- The highest recorded value was 0 hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Vatican?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares in 1990.
- How does Vatican rank for forest area?
- Vatican ranks 229th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Vatican 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.