Share of global annual deforestation in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Share of global annual deforestation was 0.0% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Share of global annual deforestation in Faroe Islands, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 0.0% for share of global annual deforestation in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Over the whole period, share of global annual deforestation in Faroe Islands peaked at 0.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Faroe Islands 78th out of 112 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
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More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.0966 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.77 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0213 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0417 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0204 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0021 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.0384 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.0006 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global annual deforestation in Faroe Islands?
- Share of global annual deforestation in Faroe Islands was 0.0% in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global annual deforestation recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global annual deforestation recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for share of global annual deforestation?
- Faroe Islands ranks 78th out of 112 countries with data for 2020.
- 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 Share of global annual deforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global deforestation represents the proportion of a country's deforestation relative to the total global deforestation.