Forest area in Barbados
Barbados: Forest area was 6,300 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Barbados, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in Barbados is 6,300 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Barbados peaked at 6,300 hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6,300 hectares, in 1990.
That places Barbados 199th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,300 hectares | 6,300 hectares | 6,300 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,300 hectares | 6,300 hectares | 6,300 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,300 hectares | 6,300 hectares | 6,300 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,300 hectares | 6,300 hectares | 6,300 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Barbados
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9121 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.23 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0279 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0155 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1624 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1171 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Barbados?
- Forest area in Barbados was 6,300 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 6,300 hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,300 hectares in 1990.
- How does Barbados rank for forest area?
- Barbados ranks 199th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados 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.