How does Jamaica rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?

Jamaica ranks 178th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.

Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Jamaica?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Jamaica data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Jamaica

Name: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Jamaica
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Jamaica: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 0.14 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)

0.14 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

178th

of 241 countries

All-time high

0.17 1000 ha

in 1992

All-time low

0.14 1000 ha

in 2004

Years of data

1992–2022

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Jamaica, 1992–2022

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Jamaica recorded 0.14 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Jamaica peaked at 0.17 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.14 1000 ha, in 2004.

That places Jamaica 178th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	0.1638 1000 ha	0.15 1000 ha	0.17 1000 ha	8
2000s	0.144 1000 ha	0.14 1000 ha	0.15 1000 ha	10
2010s	0.143 1000 ha	0.14 1000 ha	0.15 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.14 1000 ha	0.14 1000 ha	0.14 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Jamaica

175 Lesotho 0.2 1000 ha compare
176 Republic of Moldova 0.19 1000 ha compare
177 Maldives 0.16 1000 ha compare
179 Naoero 0.13 1000 ha compare
180 Latvia 0.12 1000 ha compare
181 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.07 1000 ha compare
181 El Salvador 0.07 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Jamaica

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 23.65 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 45.85 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 16 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 21.14 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 54.15 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 229 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 16.29 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 68.9 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 29.56 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 125 1000 ha (2024)

All data for Jamaica →

Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Jamaica?: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Jamaica was 0.14 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Jamaica?: The highest recorded value was 0.17 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Jamaica?: The lowest recorded value was 0.14 1000 ha in 2004.
How does Jamaica rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?: Jamaica ranks 178th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Jamaica?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Jamaica data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.