Jamaica vs Morocco: Annual forest expansion

Jamaica
4,420 hectares per year
in 2020
Morocco
2,470 hectares per year
in 2020
Jamaica rank
49th
Morocco rank
52nd

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Jamaica
  • Morocco
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 4,420 hectares per year against 2,470 hectares per year in Morocco, a difference of 1,950 hectares per year.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.8 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Morocco ahead.

Jamaica ranks 49th and Morocco ranks 52nd of 110 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Jamaica Morocco Difference Ahead
1990s 860 hectares per year 6,100 hectares per year 5,240 hectares per year Morocco
2000s 4,420 hectares per year 650 hectares per year 3,770 hectares per year Jamaica
2010s 4,420 hectares per year 2,875 hectares per year 1,545 hectares per year Jamaica
2020s 4,420 hectares per year 2,470 hectares per year 1,950 hectares per year Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Jamaica or Morocco?
Jamaica, at 4,420 hectares per year against 2,470 hectares per year in Morocco as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Jamaica and Morocco?
1,950 hectares per year, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Morocco?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Jamaica and Morocco rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Jamaica ranks 49th and Morocco ranks 52nd 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

Indicator
Annual forest expansion
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
110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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).