Forest area in Aruba
Aruba: Forest area was 490 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Aruba, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Aruba stood at 490 hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Aruba peaked at 490 hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 490 hectares, in 1990.
That places Aruba 220th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Forest area in Aruba, year by year
| Year | hectares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 490 hectares | — |
| 1991 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 490 hectares | +0.0% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 490 hectares is below the median for high income countries, which is 436,060 hectares, 0% of the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Aruba's 490 hectares is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 999,945 hectares, 0% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 490 hectares | 490 hectares | 490 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 490 hectares | 490 hectares | 490 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 490 hectares | 490 hectares | 490 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 490 hectares | 490 hectares | 490 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
More environment data for Aruba
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2020)
- Standard Deviation 0.339 °C (2020)
- Temperature change 1.63 °C (2020)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 0 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 0 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Aruba?
- Forest area in Aruba was 490 hectares 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 forest area recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 490 hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 490 hectares in 1990.
- How does Aruba rank for forest area?
- Aruba ranks 220th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Aruba 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.