Forest area in Iceland

Forest area in Iceland: 0.2% in 1990 and 0.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.6%
Since 1990: +0.4 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 200 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Iceland	World
2024	0.6	–
2023	0.6	31.1
2022	0.6	31.1
2021	0.6	31.2
2020	0.6	31.2
2019	0.6	31.2
2018	0.5	31.3
2017	0.5	31.3
2016	0.5	31.3
2015	0.5	31.4
2014	0.5	31.4
2013	0.5	31.4
2012	0.5	31.5
2011	0.5	31.9
2010	0.5	32
2009	0.5	32
2008	0.5	32
2007	0.4	32.1
2006	0.4	32.1
2005	0.4	32.1
2004	0.4	32.2
2003	0.4	32.3
2002	0.4	32.3
2001	0.3	32.3
2000	0.3	32.4
1999	0.3	32.5
1998	0.3	32.5
1997	0.3	32.6
1996	0.3	32.7
1995	0.3	32.7
1994	0.2	32.8
1993	0.2	32.8
1992	0.2	33
1991	0.2	–
1990	0.2	–

Good to know

The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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