Forest land — Area in Caribbean
Caribbean: Forest land — Area was 8,398 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Caribbean, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — area in Caribbean is 8,398 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Caribbean peaked at 8,398 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6,739 1000 ha, in 1990.
That places Caribbean 61st out of 231 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,989 1000 ha | 6,739 1000 ha | 7,239 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,575 1000 ha | 7,294 1000 ha | 7,855 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,174 1000 ha | 7,917 1000 ha | 8,334 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,376 1000 ha | 8,354 1000 ha | 8,398 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
More environment data for Caribbean
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,207 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.68 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.16 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 33,179 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 22,277 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 11,108 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 11,507 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 51.65 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 45.59 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 5,246 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Caribbean?
- Forest land — area in Caribbean was 8,398 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 8,398 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,739 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Caribbean rank for forest land — area?
- Caribbean ranks 61st out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.