Forest area in Faroe Islands

Forests covered 0.1% of the land area of Faroe Islands in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Faroe Islands, 2024 0.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 0.1%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Faroe Islands (2024).
Position in 2024 206th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Faroe Islands over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period Faroe IslandsWorld
2024 0.1% –
2023 0.1% 31.1%
2022 0.1% 31.1%
2021 0.1% 31.2%
2020 0.1% 31.2%
2019 0.1% 31.2%
2018 0.1% 31.3%
2017 0.1% 31.3%
2016 0.1% 31.3%
2015 0.1% 31.4%
2014 0.1% 31.4%
2013 0.1% 31.4%
2012 0.1% 31.5%
2011 0.1% 31.9%
2010 0.1% 31.9%
2009 0.1% 32.0%
2008 0.1% 32.0%
2007 0.1% 32.1%
2006 0.1% 32.1%
2005 0.1% 32.1%
2004 0.1% 32.2%
2003 0.1% 32.3%
2002 0.1% 32.3%
2001 0.1% 32.3%
2000 0.1% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 0.1%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Faroe Islands has the 206th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Faroe Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)