Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was 0.7% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in United States Virgin Islands, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in United States Virgin Islands is 0.7%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in United States Virgin Islands peaked at 0.8% in 2011 and was at its lowest, -0.6%, in 2000.
United States Virgin Islands ranks 13th of 227 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in United States Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.6% | — |
| 1992 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | -0.4% | -22.9% |
| 2002 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -268.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
United States Virgin Islands compared with similar countries
- United States Virgin Islands's 0.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0%. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in United States Virgin Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +268.4% | -0.5% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.6% | -0.6% | -0.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.5% | -0.6% | -0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | -0.5% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States Virgin Islands
- 10 Uruguay 0.9% compare
- 11 Azerbaijan 0.9% compare
- 12 Wallis and Futuna 0.8% compare
- 14 China 0.7% compare
- 15 New Zealand 0.7% compare
- 16 Pakistan 0.7% compare
More environment data for United States Virgin Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.267 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.11 °C (2025)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 32.88 % (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 493.84 metric tons (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 2.88 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 8.28 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 0.95 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 33.04 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 26.1 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in United States Virgin Islands?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in United States Virgin Islands was 0.7% 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.6% in 2000.
- How does United States Virgin Islands rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- United States Virgin Islands ranks 13th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in United States Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States Virgin Islands 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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.