Greenland - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Greenland was 2.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.20 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2.20 in 1990.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 2.20
1991 2.20
1992 2.20
1993 2.20
1994 2.20
1995 2.20
1996 2.20
1997 2.20
1998 2.20
1999 2.20
2000 2.20
2001 2.20
2002 2.20
2003 2.20
2004 2.20
2005 2.20
2006 2.20
2007 2.20
2008 2.20
2009 2.20
2010 2.20
2011 2.20
2012 2.20
2013 2.20
2014 2.20
2015 2.20
2016 2.20
2017 2.20
2018 2.20
2019 2.20
2020 2.20

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Greenland was 0.001 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 0.001 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1997.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.001
1991 0.001
1992 0.001
1993 0.001
1994 0.001
1995 0.001
1996 0.001
1997 0.001
1998 0.001
1999 0.001
2000 0.001
2001 0.001
2002 0.001
2003 0.001
2004 0.001
2005 0.001
2006 0.001
2007 0.001
2008 0.001
2009 0.001
2010 0.001
2011 0.001
2012 0.001
2013 0.001
2014 0.001
2015 0.001
2016 0.001
2017 0.001
2018 0.001
2019 0.001
2020 0.001

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use