Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Caribbean
Caribbean: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 11.22 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Caribbean, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 11.22 % for planted forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Caribbean peaked at 11.22 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6.55 %, in 2000.
That places Caribbean 84th out of 191 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 | 6.75 % | 6.59 % | 6.93 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.67 % | 6.55 % | 8.74 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.21 % | 8.97 % | 10.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.09 % | 10.96 % | 11.22 % | 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 planted forest — share in forest land in Caribbean?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Caribbean was 11.22 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 11.22 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.55 % in 2000.
- How does Caribbean rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Caribbean ranks 84th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 Planted 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.