Naturally regenerating forest — Area in Caribbean
Caribbean: Naturally regenerating forest — Area was 7,450 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Naturally regenerating forest — Area in Caribbean, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for naturally regenerating forest — area in Caribbean is 7,450 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — area in Caribbean peaked at 7,450 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6,267 1000 ha, in 1990.
Caribbean ranks 59th of 222 countries on this measure, 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 | 6,511 1000 ha | 6,267 1000 ha | 6,756 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,987 1000 ha | 6,811 1000 ha | 7,163 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,333 1000 ha | 7,202 1000 ha | 7,420 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,441 1000 ha | 7,432 1000 ha | 7,450 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 56 Namibia 8,043 1000 ha compare
- 57 French Guiana 7,981 1000 ha compare
- 58 New Zealand 7,869 1000 ha compare
- 60 Ghana 6,756 1000 ha compare
- 61 Philippines 6,727 1000 ha compare
- 62 Belarus 6,710 1000 ha compare
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 naturally regenerating forest — area in Caribbean?
- Naturally regenerating forest — area in Caribbean was 7,450 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 7,450 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,267 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Caribbean rank for naturally regenerating forest — area?
- Caribbean ranks 59th out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — area rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 Naturally regenerating forest — 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.