U.S. Virgin Islands

Forest area in U.S. Virgin Islands

Forest area in U.S. Virgin Islands: 58.3% in 1990 and 58.9% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 58.9%
Since 1990: +0.6 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 33 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 58.9% in 2024, the lowest 52.7% in 2010.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	U.S. Virgin Islands	World
2024	58.9	–
2023	58.5	31.1
2022	58.1	31.1
2021	57.3	31.2
2020	56.9	31.2
2019	56.5	31.2
2018	56	31.3
2017	55.6	31.3
2016	55.2	31.3
2015	54.7	31.4
2014	54.3	31.4
2013	53.9	31.4
2012	53.5	31.5
2011	53.1	31.9
2010	52.7	32
2009	52.9	32
2008	53.1	32
2007	53.4	32.1
2006	53.6	32.1
2005	53.9	32.1
2004	54.1	32.2
2003	54.4	32.3
2002	54.6	32.3
2001	54.9	32.3
2000	55.1	32.4
1999	55.4	32.5
1998	55.7	32.5
1997	56.1	32.6
1996	56.4	32.7
1995	56.7	32.7
1994	57	32.8
1993	57.3	32.8
1992	57.7	33
1991	58	–
1990	58.3	–

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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