Forest land — Share in Land area in Caribbean

Caribbean: Forest land — Share in Land area was 37.66 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
37.66 %
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
97th
of 231 countries
All-time high
37.66 %
in 2024
All-time low
29.7 %
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Forest land — Share in Land area in Caribbean, 1990–2024

0102030401990200720241990: 29.7 %1991: 29.9 %1992: 30.2 %1993: 30.4 %1994: 30.7 %1995: 30.9 %1996: 31.2 %1997: 31.4 %1998: 31.6 %1999: 31.9 %2000: 32.1 %2001: 32.4 %2002: 32.8 %2003: 33.1 %2004: 33.4 %2005: 33.7 %2006: 33.9 %2007: 34.2 %2008: 34.5 %2009: 34.8 %2010: 35 %2011: 35.3 %2012: 35.7 %2013: 36.4 %2014: 36.7 %2015: 37 %2016: 37.1 %2017: 37.2 %2018: 37.3 %2019: 37.4 %2020: 37.5 %2021: 37.5 %2022: 37.6 %2023: 37.6 %2024: 37.7 %

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 97th of 231 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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  5. 99 Greece 36.95 % compare
  6. 100 Liechtenstein 36.84 % compare

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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 97th out of 231 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

Indicator
Forest land — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,048 data points, 1990–2024
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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.