Forest area in Antigua and Barbuda

Forests covered 17.9% of the land area of Antigua and Barbuda in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Antigua and Barbuda, 2024 17.9% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 18.0%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Antigua and Barbuda (2024).
Position in 2024 135th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Antigua and Barbuda over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period Antigua and BarbudaWorld
2024 17.9% –
2023 18.0% 31.1%
2022 18.2% 31.1%
2021 18.3% 31.2%
2020 18.5% 31.2%
2019 18.6% 31.2%
2018 18.8% 31.3%
2017 18.9% 31.3%
2016 19.0% 31.3%
2015 19.2% 31.4%
2014 19.4% 31.4%
2013 19.5% 31.4%
2012 19.7% 31.5%
2011 19.8% 31.9%
2010 20.0% 31.9%
2009 20.1% 32.0%
2008 20.3% 32.0%
2007 20.4% 32.1%
2006 20.6% 32.1%
2005 20.7% 32.1%
2004 20.9% 32.2%
2003 21.0% 32.3%
2002 21.2% 32.3%
2001 21.3% 32.3%
2000 21.5% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 18.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.4%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Antigua and Barbuda has the 135th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Antigua and Barbuda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)