Annual forest expansion in Cuba
Cuba: Annual forest expansion was 2,190 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Cuba, 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
In 2020, annual forest expansion in Cuba stood at 2,190 hectares per year. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 96.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Cuba peaked at 61,930 hectares per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,190 hectares per year, in 2020.
That places Cuba 55th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38,700 hectares per year | 38,700 hectares per year | 38,700 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 51,040 hectares per year | 51,040 hectares per year | 51,040 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 40,210 hectares per year | 18,490 hectares per year | 61,930 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 2,190 hectares per year | 2,190 hectares per year | 2,190 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Cuba
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 35.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.28 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0301 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4188 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0276 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0173 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0062 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Cuba?
- Annual forest expansion in Cuba was 2,190 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 forest expansion recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 61,930 hectares per year in 2010.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,190 hectares per year in 2020.
- How does Cuba rank for annual forest expansion?
- Cuba ranks 55th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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 forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).