Forest land — Area in Greenland
Greenland: Forest land — Area was 0.22 1000 ha in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Area in Greenland, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 0.22 1000 ha for forest land — 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 land — area in Greenland peaked at 0.22 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.22 1000 ha, in 1990.
Greenland ranks 229th of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 0.22 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 227 Malta 0.47 1000 ha compare
- 228 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.3 1000 ha compare
- 230 Faroe Islands 0.08 1000 ha compare
- 231 Curaçao 0.07 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Capture fisheries production 331,285 metric tons (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 243.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 243.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Total fisheries production 331,315 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 81.98 SLC (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Greenland?
- Forest land — area in Greenland was 0.22 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.22 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.22 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Greenland rank for forest land — area?
- Greenland ranks 229th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — 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.