Share of global forest area in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Share of global forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of global forest area in Faroe Islands, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of global forest area in Faroe Islands stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Faroe Islands peaked at 0.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
Faroe Islands ranks 227th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of global forest area in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 0.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 0% of the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 0.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 0% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 224 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% compare
- 225 Greenland 0.0% compare
- 226 Saint Barthelemy 0.0% compare
- 228 Curacao 0.0% compare
- 229 Falkland Islands 0.0%
- 229 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 229 Monaco 0.0%
- 229 Nauru 0.0%
- 229 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0.0%
- 229 Tokelau 0.0%
- 229 Vatican 0.0%
More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 5 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.32 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 71.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0.09 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.75 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Faroe Islands?
- Share of global forest area in Faroe Islands was 0.0% 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 share of global forest area recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for share of global forest area?
- Faroe Islands ranks 227th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.