Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Jamaica
Jamaica: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 7.62 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Jamaica, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Jamaica is 7.62 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Jamaica peaked at 7.62 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.03 1000 ha, in 1996.
Jamaica ranks 115th of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6.26 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 6.22 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 6.18 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 6.08 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 6.03 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 6.04 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 6.08 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 6.13 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 6.9 1000 ha | +12.6% |
| 2001 | 7.12 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 7.13 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 7.09 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 7.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7.08 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 7.11 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 7.01 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 7.02 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 7.07 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 7.12 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 7.17 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 7.25 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 7.29 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 7.45 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 7.45 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7.45 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7.46 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 7.48 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 7.47 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 7.62 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 7.62 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7.62 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.13 1000 ha | 6.03 1000 ha | 6.26 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7.06 1000 ha | 6.9 1000 ha | 7.13 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.36 1000 ha | 7.12 1000 ha | 7.48 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.62 1000 ha | 7.62 1000 ha | 7.62 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 112 Bulgaria 8.02 1000 ha compare
- 112 Eswatini 8.02 1000 ha compare
- 114 Albania 7.66 1000 ha compare
- 116 Afghanistan 7.1 1000 ha compare
- 117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.83 1000 ha compare
- 118 Tajikistan 5.9 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Jamaica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 3.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0034 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -21.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Jamaica?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Jamaica was 7.62 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 7.62 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.03 1000 ha in 1996.
- How does Jamaica rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Jamaica ranks 115th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.