Bhutan vs Jamaica: Annual afforestation

Bhutan
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Jamaica
10 hectares per year
in 2020
Bhutan rank
67th
Jamaica rank
64th

Annual afforestation over time

  • Bhutan
  • Jamaica
050100150200199020052020

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 10 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Bhutan, a difference of 10 hectares per year.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 67th and Jamaica ranks 64th of 106 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Jamaica Difference Ahead
1990s 20 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 20 hectares per year Bhutan
2000s 160 hectares per year 10 hectares per year 150 hectares per year Bhutan
2010s 200 hectares per year 10 hectares per year 190 hectares per year Bhutan
2020s 0 hectares per year 10 hectares per year 10 hectares per year Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual afforestation, Bhutan or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 10 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Bhutan as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual afforestation between Bhutan and Jamaica?
10 hectares per year, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Jamaica?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Bhutan and Jamaica rank globally for annual afforestation?
Bhutan ranks 67th and Jamaica ranks 64th of 106 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual afforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual afforestation
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 530 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.