Forest land — Share in Land area in Caribbean
Caribbean: Forest land — Share in Land area was 37.66 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Caribbean, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 37.66 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Caribbean peaked at 37.66 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.7 %, in 1990.
Caribbean ranks 104th of 249 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 29.7 % | — |
| 1991 | 29.94 % | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 30.18 % | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 30.43 % | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 30.67 % | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 30.92 % | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 31.16 % | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 31.41 % | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 31.65 % | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 31.9 % | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 32.14 % | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 32.42 % | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 32.84 % | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 33.11 % | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 33.39 % | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 33.66 % | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 33.93 % | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 34.21 % | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 34.48 % | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 34.76 % | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 35.04 % | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 35.34 % | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 35.68 % | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 36.37 % | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 36.7 % | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 37 % | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 37.09 % | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 37.22 % | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 37.31 % | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 37.41 % | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 37.5 % | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 37.54 % | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 37.58 % | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 37.62 % | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 37.66 % | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.8 % | 29.7 % | 31.9 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.49 % | 32.14 % | 34.76 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.52 % | 35.04 % | 37.41 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.58 % | 37.5 % | 37.66 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
More environment data for Caribbean
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 152,566 m3 (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 152,436 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 6.26 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 355,073 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 4.77 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Caribbean?
- Forest land — share in land area in Caribbean was 37.66 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 37.66 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.7 % in 1990.
- How does Caribbean rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Caribbean ranks 104th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 — Share in 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.