Forest area in Bahamas

Forests covered 50.9% of the land area of Bahamas in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bahamas, 2024 50.9% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 50.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Bahamas (2024).
Position in 2024 55th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Bahamas 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 BahamasWorld
2024 50.9% –
2023 50.9% 31.1%
2022 50.9% 31.1%
2021 50.9% 31.2%
2020 50.9% 31.2%
2019 50.9% 31.2%
2018 50.9% 31.3%
2017 50.9% 31.3%
2016 50.9% 31.3%
2015 50.9% 31.4%
2014 50.9% 31.4%
2013 50.9% 31.4%
2012 50.9% 31.5%
2011 50.9% 31.9%
2010 50.9% 31.9%
2009 50.9% 32.0%
2008 50.9% 32.0%
2007 50.9% 32.1%
2006 50.9% 32.1%
2005 50.9% 32.1%
2004 50.9% 32.2%
2003 50.9% 32.3%
2002 50.9% 32.3%
2001 50.9% 32.3%
2000 50.9% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 50.9%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Bahamas has the 55th highest value.

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 Bahamas
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)