Annual afforestation in Jamaica
Jamaica: Annual afforestation was 10 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
10 hectares per year
World rank
64th
of 106 countries
All-time high
10 hectares per year
in 2000
All-time low
0 hectares per year
in 1990
Years of data
5
1990–2020
Annual afforestation in Jamaica, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual afforestation in Jamaica is 10 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Jamaica peaked at 10 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Jamaica 64th out of 106 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 10 hectares per year | 10 hectares per year | 10 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 10 hectares per year | 10 hectares per year | 10 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 10 hectares per year | 10 hectares per year | 10 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 61 Cyprus 30 hectares per year compare
- 61 Egypt 30 hectares per year compare
- 63 Switzerland 20 hectares per year compare
- 64 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10 hectares per year compare
- 64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 hectares per year compare
- 67 Bhutan 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Cayman Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Costa Rica 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Ecuador 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Equatorial Guinea 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Falkland Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Faroe Islands 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Finland 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Gambia 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Georgia 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Gibraltar 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Greenland 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Guyana 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Iran 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Iraq 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Isle of Man 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Jersey 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Jordan 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Kuwait 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Lebanon 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Libya 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Monaco 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Namibia 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Nauru 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Oman 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Qatar 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Saint Barthelemy 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 San Marino 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Singapore 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Slovakia 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Slovenia 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Somalia 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Sweden 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Tanzania 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Tokelau 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Vatican 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Yemen 0 hectares per year compare
- 67 Zimbabwe 0 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Jamaica
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 9.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0303 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0828 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0028 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.8368 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0136 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.2734 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Jamaica?
- Annual afforestation in Jamaica was 10 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual afforestation recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 10 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Jamaica rank for annual afforestation?
- Jamaica ranks 64th out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual afforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.