Jamaica

Forest area in Jamaica

Forest area in Jamaica: 48.1% in 1990 and 56.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
56.6%
Since 1990
+8.4 percentage points
Rank, 2024
42 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in JamaicaForest area in Jamaica: 48.1% in 1990 and 56.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 56.6% in 2024, the lowest 48.1% in 1998.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 56.6% in 2024, the lowest 48.1% in 1998.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearJamaicaWorld
202456.6–
202356.231.1
202255.831.1
202155.531.2
202055.131.2
201954.831.2
201854.431.3
20175431.3
201653.731.3
201553.331.4
20145331.4
201352.631.4
201252.331.5
201151.931.9
201051.632
200951.232
200850.932
200750.532.1
200650.232.1
200549.832.1
200449.532.2
200349.132.3
200248.832.3
200148.532.3
200048.132.4
199948.132.5
199848.132.5
199748.132.6
199648.132.7
199548.132.7
199448.132.8
199348.132.8
199248.133
199148.1–
199048.1–

Good to know

  • The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
  • Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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