Breakdown of habitable land area in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Breakdown of habitable land area was 1,090 hectares in 2019. ▲ Rising
Breakdown of habitable land area in Faroe Islands, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for breakdown of habitable land area in Faroe Islands is 1,090 hectares, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.0% on the previous year and up 60.3% over five years.
Faroe Islands ranks 180th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 178 Western Sahara 1,260 hectares compare
- 179 British Virgin Islands 1,150 hectares compare
- 181 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1,070 hectares compare
- 182 Palau 990 hectares compare
- 183 Tonga 970 hectares compare
More reference data data for Faroe Islands
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.13 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.3816 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 1.25 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.45 °C (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies -14.26 millimeters (2025)
- Annual precipitation 1,056 millimeters (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 2.45 °C (2025)
- Share of men expected to survive to the age of 65 88.4% (2024)
- Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65 93.2% (2024)
- Milk production 7,243 tonnes (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is breakdown of habitable land area in Faroe Islands?
- Breakdown of habitable land area in Faroe Islands was 1,090 hectares in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest breakdown of habitable land area recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1,090 hectares in 2019.
- What is the lowest breakdown of habitable land area recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 680 hectares in 2015.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for breakdown of habitable land area?
- Faroe Islands ranks 180th out of 235 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Breakdown of habitable land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.