Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Greenland
Greenland: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 133.38 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Greenland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Greenland is 133.38 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Greenland peaked at 133.38 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 133.36 1000 ha, in 2018.
That places Greenland 149th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Greenland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 133.37 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 133.37 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 133.36 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 133.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 133.38 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 419.21 1000 ha, 32% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 133.38 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,716 1000 ha, 8% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 133.38 1000 ha | 133.37 1000 ha | 133.38 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 133.38 1000 ha | 133.38 1000 ha | 133.38 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 133.38 1000 ha | 133.36 1000 ha | 133.38 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 133.38 1000 ha | 133.38 1000 ha | 133.38 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
More environment data for Greenland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3961 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.605 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 17 t (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 701.81 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 17.66 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 24.29 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 17.66 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 24.29 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Greenland?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Greenland was 133.38 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 133.38 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 133.36 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Greenland rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Greenland ranks 149th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. 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.