Caribbean small states - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Caribbean small states was 363,639 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 369,972 in 1990 and a minimum value of 363,639 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 369,972
1991 369,749
1992 369,526
1993 369,302
1994 369,079
1995 368,855
1996 368,632
1997 368,408
1998 368,185
1999 367,961
2000 367,738
2001 367,617
2002 367,496
2003 367,375
2004 367,254
2005 367,133
2006 367,012
2007 366,891
2008 366,770
2009 366,648
2010 366,527
2011 366,230
2012 365,933
2013 365,636
2014 365,338
2015 365,041
2016 364,758
2017 364,515
2018 364,223
2019 363,931
2020 363,639

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Caribbean small states was 89.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 91.39 in 1990, while its lowest value was 89.82 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 91.39
1991 91.33
1992 91.27
1993 91.22
1994 91.16
1995 91.11
1996 91.05
1997 91.00
1998 90.94
1999 90.89
2000 90.83
2001 90.80
2002 90.77
2003 90.74
2004 90.71
2005 90.68
2006 90.65
2007 90.62
2008 90.59
2009 90.56
2010 90.53
2011 90.46
2012 90.39
2013 90.31
2014 90.24
2015 90.17
2016 90.10
2017 90.04
2018 89.97
2019 89.89
2020 89.82

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use