Cape Verde vs Iceland: Forest area

Cape Verde
466.2 sq. km
in 2023
Iceland
533.13 sq. km
in 2023
Cape Verde rank
167th
Iceland rank
164th

Forest area over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Iceland
200300400500199020062023

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 533.13 sq. km against 466.2 sq. km in Cape Verde, a difference of 66.93 sq. km.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Iceland ahead.

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 167th and Iceland ranks 164th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest area (sq. km)
Unit
sq. km
Source
FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 8,639 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.