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Forest area — Greenland

Forest area in Greenland in 2023 — 2 km². Ranked 207 in the world out of 213. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2023 2 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 207of 213
Period maximum 2 km²1990
Period minimum 2 km²1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · km²

Forest area — Greenland, 1990–2023012341990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 2 km²1991: 2 km²1992: 2 km²1993: 2 km²1994: 2 km²1995: 2 km²1996: 2 km²1997: 2 km²1998: 2 km²1999: 2 km²2000: 2 km²2001: 2 km²2002: 2 km²2003: 2 km²2004: 2 km²2005: 2 km²2006: 2 km²2007: 2 km²2008: 2 km²2009: 2 km²2010: 2 km²2011: 2 km²2012: 2 km²2013: 2 km²2014: 2 km²2015: 2 km²2016: 2 km²2017: 2 km²2018: 2 km²2019: 2 km²2020: 2 km²2021: 2 km²2022: 2 km²2023: 2 km²
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Greenland

Greenland 2 km²
World 40.35M km²
Europe & Central Asia 10.59M km²
Northern Europe computed 753,564 km²
High-income countries computed 18.67M km²
Forest area — Greenland, by year Greenland All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 2 +0 +0%
2022 2 +0 +0%
2021 2 +0 +0%
2020 2 +0 +0%
2019 2 +0 +0%
2018 2 +0 +0%
2017 2 +0 +0%
2016 2 +0 +0%
2015 2 +0 +0%
2014 2 +0 +0%
2013 2 +0 +0%
2012 2 +0 +0%
2011 2 +0 +0%
2010 2 +0 +0%
2009 2 +0 +0%
2008 2 +0 +0%
2007 2 +0 +0%
2006 2 +0 +0%
2005 2 +0 +0%
2004 2 +0 +0%
2003 2 +0 +0%
2002 2 +0 +0%
2001 2 +0 +0%
2000 2 +0 +0%
1999 2 +0 +0%
1998 2 +0 +0%
1997 2 +0 +0%
1996 2 +0 +0%
1995 2 +0 +0%
1994 2 +0 +0%
1993 2 +0 +0%
1992 2 +0 +0%
1991 2 +0 +0%
1990 2 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SE Sweden 279,800 FI Finland 224,090 NO Norway 122,034 LV Latvia 34,224 GB United Kingdom 32,154 EE Estonia 24,384 LT Lithuania 22,054 IE Ireland 7,940 DK Denmark 6,313 IS Iceland 533 IM Isle of Man 35 GL Greenland 2 FO Faroe Islands 1
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About the indicator

Land under natural and planted forest in square kilometers, as defined by the FAO. It shows where the world's forest resources are concentrated in absolute terms: a handful of countries hold more than half of the planet's forest, while the ranking by forest cover is led by entirely different countries.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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