Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Trinidad and Tobago, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Trinidad and Tobago recorded -0.2% 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at -0.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.2%, in 2025.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 172nd 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 | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 6 |
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More environment data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 33.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 24.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0841 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0045 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0076 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0118 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Trinidad and Tobago was -0.2% 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.2% in 2025.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 172nd out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.