Annual forest expansion in Jamaica
Jamaica: Annual forest expansion was 4,420 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual forest expansion 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
In 2020, annual forest expansion in Jamaica stood at 4,420 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Jamaica peaked at 4,420 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 860 hectares per year, in 1990.
Jamaica ranks 49th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 860 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 4,420 hectares per year | +414.0% |
| 2010 | 4,420 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4,420 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4,420 hectares per year | +0.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 4,420 hectares per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,420 hectares per year, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 4,420 hectares per year is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,445 hectares per year, 69% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 860 hectares per year | 860 hectares per year | 860 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 4,420 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 4,420 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 4,420 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 4,420 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More environment data for Jamaica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.7158 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Jamaica?
- Annual forest expansion in Jamaica was 4,420 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 4,420 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 860 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Jamaica rank for annual forest expansion?
- Jamaica ranks 49th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion 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 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).