Environment in Jamaica

2,035 indicators covering environment for Jamaica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Forest area as a proportion of total land area 63.4% 2025 up 17.9% 35th
Share of forest area within protected areas 22.9% 2025 up 2.3% 78th
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas 22.9% 2025 up 2.3% 76th
Italy — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 22 1000 USD 2018 up 175.0% 100th
United States of America — Forest products (export/import) — Export 7 1000 USD 2018 down 95.4% 116th
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 50 m3 2018 down 83.3% 82nd
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 614 t 2018 up 2,823.8% 50th
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 439 1000 USD 2018 up 501.4% 50th
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Value 17 1000 USD 2018 down 65.3% 97th
Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 2025 1st
South Africa — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 3 1000 USD 2018 down 87.0% 121st
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity -1,214 m3 2018 down 621.0% 119th
Hazardous pesticides — Export quantity 0.145 t 2024 down 99.8% 78th
Hazardous pesticides — Export value 8.28 1000 USD 2024 down 97.0% 65th
Japan — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 13 1000 USD 2016 down 84.5% 106th
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Value -35 1000 USD 2018 down 975.0% 94th
Germany — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 12 m3 2015 down 65.7% 106th
Germany — Fibreboard — Import Value 10 1000 USD 2015 down 69.7% 108th
Germany — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 18 1000 USD 2017 down 30.8% 97th
Disinfectants, etc — Export quantity 99.34 t 2007 up 84.4% 70th
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 2,060 t 2018 up 34,233.3% 53rd
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 2,001 1000 USD 2018 up 22,133.3% 52nd
Ammonium sulphate — Agricultural Use 8,905 t 2011 down 35.1% 48th
Unspecified Area — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 103 t 2017 up 15.7% 61st
Unspecified Area — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 129 1000 USD 2017 up 89.7% 64th
Ozone (O₃) concentration 44 ppb 2015 unchanged 149th
Salts of Pentachlorophenol — Import quantity 0.312 t 2023 up 127.7% 69th
Salts of Pentachlorophenol — Import value 4.75 1000 USD 2023 up 324.4% 68th
Switzerland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 27 t 2017 down 25.0% 72nd
Switzerland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 9 1000 USD 2017 down 71.9% 107th
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development 1.49 2024 up 343.7% 117th
India — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 101 1000 USD 2018 up 3,266.7% 103rd
Coastal protection 75.82 2025 down 0.4% 75th
Unspecified Area — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 22 1000 USD 2018 up 266.7% 106th
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Agricultural Use 6,971 t 2011 down 18.1% 43rd
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Forest 13 1000 USD 2011 up 225.0% 97th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in forestry and logging 3.92 1000 No 2014 up 129.2% 50th
Singapore — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 24 t 2018 down 35.1% 100th
Singapore — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 22 1000 USD 2018 down 68.6% 102nd
T�rkiye — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 776 t 2018 up 112.6% 52nd
T�rkiye — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 992 1000 USD 2018 up 41.1% 50th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in forestry and logging 3.45 1000 No 2014 up 107.8% 50th
United States of America — Wood pulp — Import Quantity 21 t 2016 up 5.0% 105th
United States of America — Wood pulp — Import Value 12 1000 USD 2016 up 9.1% 107th
Slovenia — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 284 1000 USD 2018 up 79.7% 81st
China — Veneer sheets — Import Quantity 22 m3 2017 down 47.6% 82nd
China — Veneer sheets — Import Value 42 1000 USD 2017 down 14.3% 82nd
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and 1.89 % 2014 up 139.2% 43rd
United States of America — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import 593 m3 2018 down 26.5% 55th
United States of America — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Value 397 1000 USD 2018 down 69.2% 64th
Japan — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 1 t 2016 down 99.0% 102nd
Japan — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 13 1000 USD 2016 down 84.5% 99th
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Agricultural Use 529 t 2011 down 1.3% 68th
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous tropical 5 m3 2017 96th
Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan 18.8% 2025 up 0.3% 92nd
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous tropical 18 1000 USD 2017 85th
Poland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 339 t 2018 up 1,203.8% 78th
Poland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 229 1000 USD 2018 up 1,426.7% 82nd
Population using safely managed sanitation services 87.8% 2024 up 15.0% 14th
Canada — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 15 1000 USD 2016 down 31.8% 84th