Forest land — Share in Land area in Iceland
Iceland: Forest land — Share in Land area was 0.6 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Iceland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Iceland is 0.6 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Iceland peaked at 0.6 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.18 %, in 1990.
Iceland ranks 222nd of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.243 % | 0.18 % | 0.31 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.395 % | 0.32 % | 0.47 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.524 % | 0.49 % | 0.56 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.58 % | 0.56 % | 0.6 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More environment data for Iceland
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.04 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.05 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 217 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 15.05 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 92.61 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,517 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 7.39 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 121 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.31 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 1.2 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Iceland?
- Forest land — share in land area in Iceland was 0.6 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 % in 1990.
- How does Iceland rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Iceland ranks 222nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.