Gabon vs Jamaica: Annual forest expansion
Gabon
4,970 hectares per year
in 2020
Jamaica
4,420 hectares per year
in 2020
Gabon rank
47th
Jamaica rank
49th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Gabon
- Jamaica
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 4,970 hectares per year against 4,420 hectares per year in Jamaica, a difference of 550 hectares per year.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Gabon ahead.
Gabon ranks 47th and Jamaica ranks 49th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,250 hectares per year | 860 hectares per year | 4,390 hectares per year | Gabon |
| 2000s | 11,980 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 7,560 hectares per year | Gabon |
| 2010s | 2,955 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 1,465 hectares per year | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 4,970 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 550 hectares per year | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Gabon or Jamaica?
- Gabon, at 4,970 hectares per year against 4,420 hectares per year in Jamaica as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Gabon and Jamaica?
- 550 hectares per year, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Jamaica?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Gabon and Jamaica rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Gabon ranks 47th and Jamaica ranks 49th of 110 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 forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).