Guernsey vs Jersey: Forest area

Guernsey

470 hectares

in 2025

Jersey

680 hectares

in 2025

Guernsey rank

222nd

Jersey rank

219th

Forest area over time

Guernsey
Jersey

How they compare

Jersey currently reports 680 hectares against 470 hectares in Guernsey, a difference of 210 hectares.

That makes Jersey's figure about 1.4 times Guernsey's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Jersey has been ahead every year.

Guernsey ranks 222nd and Jersey ranks 219th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Guernsey
Forest area in Jersey
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.