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Trees & air quality in Iceland
How much tree cover Iceland's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 3
- National forest cover
- 0.5%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- 230 KeflavíkAQI 28
3 cities in Iceland
Reykjavík
2 km around Háaleiti og Bústaðir
Tree cover
46%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Reykjanesbær
2 km around 230 Keflavík
Tree cover
46%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Akureyri
2 km radius
Iceland as a whole
0.5% of Iceland was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 3.0B trees across 3.0M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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