Forest land — Share in Land area in Greenland
Greenland: Forest land — Share in Land area was 0 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Greenland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 0 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Greenland peaked at 0 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 %, in 1990.
That places Greenland 230th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
More environment data for Greenland
- Capture fisheries production 331,285 metric tons (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)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 22 t (2024)
- Total fisheries production 331,315 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0075 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Greenland?
- Forest land — share in land area in Greenland was 0 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 % in 1990.
- How does Greenland rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Greenland ranks 230th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- 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 — Share in 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.