Iceland - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Iceland was 513.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 513.50 in 2020 and a minimum value of 170.70 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.

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Year Value
1990 170.70
1991 183.46
1992 196.22
1993 208.98
1994 221.74
1995 234.50
1996 247.26
1997 260.02
1998 272.78
1999 285.54
2000 298.30
2001 313.14
2002 327.98
2003 342.82
2004 357.66
2005 372.50
2006 387.34
2007 402.18
2008 417.02
2009 431.86
2010 446.70
2011 453.68
2012 460.66
2013 467.64
2014 474.62
2015 481.60
2016 486.60
2017 493.80
2018 500.40
2019 506.90
2020 513.50

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Iceland was 0.509 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 0.509 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.170 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 0.170
1991 0.183
1992 0.196
1993 0.208
1994 0.221
1995 0.234
1996 0.247
1997 0.259
1998 0.272
1999 0.285
2000 0.298
2001 0.312
2002 0.327
2003 0.342
2004 0.357
2005 0.372
2006 0.386
2007 0.401
2008 0.416
2009 0.431
2010 0.446
2011 0.453
2012 0.460
2013 0.466
2014 0.473
2015 0.480
2016 0.485
2017 0.493
2018 0.496
2019 0.503
2020 0.509

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use