Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 4.27 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Faroe Islands, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Faroe Islands stood at 4.27 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.4% over five years.
Faroe Islands ranks 149th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4.42 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 4.32 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 4.3 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 4.29 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4.27 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 4.27 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 13.18 1000 ha, 32% of the median. (66 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 4.27 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.8 1000 ha, 10% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 146 French Guiana 6.18 1000 ha compare
- 147 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 5.75 1000 ha compare
- 148 Antigua and Barbuda 4.94 1000 ha compare
- 150 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.15 1000 ha compare
- 151 New Caledonia 3.13 1000 ha compare
- 152 Martinique 2.97 1000 ha compare
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) — Use per area of cropland 71.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 2.7 g/Int$ (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)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 20 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Faroe Islands?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Faroe Islands was 4.27 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 4.42 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.27 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Faroe Islands ranks 149th out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.