Primary Forest — Area in Caribbean
Caribbean: Primary Forest — Area was 487.3 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Primary Forest — Area in Caribbean, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 487.3 1000 ha for primary forest — area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary forest — area in Caribbean peaked at 655.55 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 487.3 1000 ha, in 2025.
Caribbean ranks 45th of 169 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 634.44 1000 ha | 613.32 1000 ha | 655.55 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 586.83 1000 ha | 565.03 1000 ha | 608.63 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 538.31 1000 ha | 516.37 1000 ha | 560.19 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 499.39 1000 ha | 487.3 1000 ha | 511.49 1000 ha | 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 primary forest — area in Caribbean?
- Primary forest — area in Caribbean was 487.3 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest primary forest — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 655.55 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest primary forest — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 487.3 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Caribbean rank for primary forest — area?
- Caribbean ranks 45th out of 169 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary forest — area rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. 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 Primary 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.