Environment in Jamaica

1,991 indicators covering environment for Jamaica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 98.63 % 2025 up 0.1% 81st
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0633 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 81.0% 69th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate -83.93 % change on previous year 2024 down 134.0% 188th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 155th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 174th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 134 m3 2024 131st
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 262 m3 2024 down 94.3% 142nd
Other fibreboard — Import value 56 1000 USD 2024 down 92.9% 164th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 42nd
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.3445 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 107.2% 58th
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.4729 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 30.4% 69th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 40 1000 USD 2024 123rd
Planted Forest — Area 8.42 1000 ha 2025 up 1.0% 166th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 1.37 % 2025 down 4.9% 163rd
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 2,730 m3 2024 down 14.7% 122nd
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0092 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 9,900.0% 78th
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0073 m3 per square kilometre 2023 95th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 1,456 1000 USD 2024 up 127.1% 102nd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -4.55 % change on previous year 2024 up 95.5% 93rd
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 6,159 t 2024 down 17.2% 108th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 0 t 2024 121st
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0041 t per person 2024 up 11.9% 56th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.0% 90th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 77th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.0% 95th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.6% 94th
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.6% 106th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.1379 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.1% 73rd
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.1379 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.1% 77th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.1902 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.5% 69th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.1902 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.5% 71st
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.3276 t per square kilometre 2023 down 26.1% 90th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.3318 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.5% 82nd
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 86.1% 115th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 680.7% 107th
Emissions of air pollutants 79,290 tonnes 2022 up 33.2% 106th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 33rd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 220.1% 105th
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0145 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 647.6% 110th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0125 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1,587.5% 122nd
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0052 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% 106th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 211 t 2024 up 21,000.0% 114th
Graphic papers — Export value 213 1000 USD 2024 up 3,450.0% 117th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0121 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% 92nd
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0474 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 3,320.0% 98th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0465 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16,700.0% 92nd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0041 t per square kilometre 2023 88th
Heat Index 35 3.29 2024 up 32,800.0% 80th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Production 0 t 2024 76th
Newsprint — Export quantity 15 t 2024 105th
Veneer sheets — Export quantity 481 m3 2024 96th
Veneer sheets — Export value 340 1000 USD 2024 94th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 77th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per capita 0 1000 ha per person 2024 down 1.6% 75th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 44.61 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% 38th
Wood fuel — Production, per square kilometre 44.61 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% 43rd
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 58.57 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% 42nd
Roundwood — Production, per square kilometre 58.62 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% 62nd
Pulp for paper — Import value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person 2024 137th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per capita 0 t per person 2024 143rd