Forest land per capita rose 1.84% to 1,474 sqm in Iceland in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land per capita in Iceland reached an all time high of 1,474 sqm in 2015 and an all time low of 341 sqm in 1990. When compared to Iceland's main peers, forest land per capita in Denmark amounted to 1,089 sqm, 23,737 sqm in Norway, 29,182 sqm in Sweden and 496 sqm in United Kingdom in 2015.
Iceland has been ranked 115th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of forest land per capita, 19 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Per Capita | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Belgium | sqm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 623 | 623 | 620 | 618 | 617 | |||||||||||
| Denmark | sqm | 981 | 1,058 | 1,063 | 1,069 | 1,076 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | sqm | 41,462 | 41,392 | 41,264 | 41,169 | 41,099 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | sqm | 2,529 | 2,597 | 2,603 | 2,610 | 2,617 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | sqm | 1,332 | 1,374 | 1,378 | 1,381 | 1,385 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | sqm | 924 | 1,343 | 1,368 | 1,394 | 1,420 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | sqm | 1,656 | 1,624 | 1,619 | 1,615 | 1,613 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | sqm | 220 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | sqm | 20,656 | 24,742 | 24,506 | 24,297 | 24,106 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | sqm | 56,304 | 56,757 | 56,890 | 57,088 | 57,337 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | sqm | 30,292 | 29,921 | 29,737 | 29,580 | 29,443 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | sqm | 466 | 493 | 493 | 494 | 495 |
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