Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Caribbean

Caribbean: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 11.22 % in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
11.22 %
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
84th
of 191 countries
All-time high
11.22 %
in 2025
All-time low
6.55 %
in 2000
Years of data
36
1990–2025

Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Caribbean, 1990–2025

02.557.5101990200720251990: 6.9 %1991: 6.9 %1992: 6.8 %1993: 6.8 %1994: 6.8 %1995: 6.7 %1996: 6.7 %1997: 6.7 %1998: 6.6 %1999: 6.6 %2000: 6.5 %2001: 6.8 %2002: 7.1 %2003: 7.3 %2004: 7.6 %2005: 7.8 %2006: 8.1 %2007: 8.3 %2008: 8.5 %2009: 8.7 %2010: 9 %2011: 9.3 %2012: 9.7 %2013: 10 %2014: 10.3 %2015: 10.6 %2016: 10.7 %2017: 10.8 %2018: 10.8 %2019: 10.9 %2020: 11 %2021: 11 %2022: 11.1 %2023: 11.1 %2024: 11.2 %2025: 11.2 %

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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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

Indicator
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 7,796 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

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.