Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Caribbean
Caribbean: Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land was 88.71 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Caribbean, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 88.71 % for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Caribbean peaked at 93.37 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 88.71 %, in 2025.
Caribbean ranks 154th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 92.99 % | — |
| 1991 | 93.03 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 93.07 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 93.11 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 93.15 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 93.19 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 93.23 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 93.26 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 93.3 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 93.34 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 93.37 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 93.11 % | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 92.86 % | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 92.61 % | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 92.36 % | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 92.12 % | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 91.88 % | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 91.65 % | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 91.42 % | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 91.19 % | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 90.97 % | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 90.62 % | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 90.28 % | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 89.95 % | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 89.62 % | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 89.3 % | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 89.23 % | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 89.17 % | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 89.1 % | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 89.04 % | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 88.97 % | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 88.92 % | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 88.87 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 88.82 % | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 88.76 % | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 88.71 % | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.17 % | 92.99 % | 93.34 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 92.26 % | 91.19 % | 93.37 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.73 % | 89.04 % | 90.97 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.84 % | 88.71 % | 88.97 % | 6 |
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 naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Caribbean?
- Naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Caribbean was 88.71 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 93.37 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.71 % in 2025.
- How does Caribbean rank for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land?
- Caribbean ranks 154th out of 240 countries with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Share in Forest land. 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.