Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Jamaica

Jamaica: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 931.26 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
931.26 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
127th
of 240 countries
All-time high
949.44 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
899.11 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Jamaica, 2001–2024

02004006008001.0k2001201220242001: 899.1 1000 ha2002: 910.6 1000 ha2003: 923.4 1000 ha2004: 915.6 1000 ha2005: 899.6 1000 ha2006: 912.8 1000 ha2007: 921.3 1000 ha2008: 922.5 1000 ha2009: 918.7 1000 ha2010: 912.2 1000 ha2011: 914.7 1000 ha2012: 914.5 1000 ha2013: 908.1 1000 ha2014: 919 1000 ha2015: 928.7 1000 ha2016: 939 1000 ha2017: 939.4 1000 ha2018: 945.4 1000 ha2019: 949.4 1000 ha2020: 947.7 1000 ha2021: 945 1000 ha2022: 940.5 1000 ha2023: 933.6 1000 ha2024: 931.3 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Jamaica stood at 931.26 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Jamaica peaked at 949.44 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 899.11 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Jamaica 127th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 913.74 1000 ha 899.11 1000 ha 923.42 1000 ha 9
2010s 927.04 1000 ha 908.1 1000 ha 949.44 1000 ha 10
2020s 939.61 1000 ha 931.26 1000 ha 947.69 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 124 Azerbaijan 1,154 1000 ha compare
  2. 125 Denmark 1,035 1000 ha compare
  3. 126 Montenegro 1,009 1000 ha compare
  4. 128 Burundi 864.11 1000 ha compare
  5. 129 Sudan 860.67 1000 ha compare
  6. 130 Eswatini 801.17 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Jamaica?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Jamaica was 931.26 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 949.44 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 899.11 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Jamaica rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Jamaica ranks 127th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Jamaica data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.