Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Antigua and Barbuda, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Antigua and Barbuda recorded -0.8% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at -0.7% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.8%, in 2025.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 209th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -0.8% | -0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | 6 |
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- 206 Sierra Leone -0.8% compare
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- 208 Mozambique -0.8% compare
- 210 Honduras -0.9% compare
- 211 Iraq -1.0% compare
- 212 Mali -1.0% compare
More environment data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.4269 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0125 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0577 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0443 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Antigua and Barbuda was -0.8% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was -0.7% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8% in 2025.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 209th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.