Forest area in Jersey
Jersey: Forest area was 680 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Jersey, 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 Jersey stood at 680 hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Jersey peaked at 680 hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 600 hectares, in 1990.
That places Jersey 219th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 600 hectares | 600 hectares | 600 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 600 hectares | 600 hectares | 600 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 614 hectares | 600 hectares | 656 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 675 hectares | 670 hectares | 680 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Jersey
- Share of global forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 2 hectares (2025)
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.3% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area 2 hectares (2025)
- Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Exposure to outdoor air pollution 8.1 µg/m³ (2024)
- Exposure to air pollution from human sources 6.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2024)
- Share of the population using improved water sources 98.0% (2024)
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita 98.0% (2024)
- Share of population not using improved drinking water sources 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Jersey?
- Forest area in Jersey was 680 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 Jersey?
- The highest recorded value was 680 hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Jersey?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 hectares in 1990.
- How does Jersey rank for forest area?
- Jersey ranks 219th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Jersey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jersey 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.