Forest area in Jamaica
Jamaica: Forest area was 6,085 sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Jamaica, 1990–2023
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.
Analysis
In 2023, forest area in Jamaica stood at 6,085 sq. km. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Jamaica peaked at 6,085 sq. km in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,210 sq. km, in 2000.
Jamaica ranks 135th of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,212 sq. km | 5,210 sq. km | 5,213 sq. km | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,379 sq. km | 5,210 sq. km | 5,547 sq. km | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,756 sq. km | 5,584 sq. km | 5,930 sq. km | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,027 sq. km | 5,969 sq. km | 6,085 sq. km | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2,009 hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 1,140 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 2,291 metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Jamaica?
- Forest area in Jamaica was 6,085 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 6,085 sq. km in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,210 sq. km in 2000.
- How does Jamaica rank for forest area?
- Jamaica ranks 135th out of 214 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Forest area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
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.