Forest area in British Virgin Islands

Forests covered 66.0% of the land area of British Virgin Islands in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
British Virgin Islands, 2024 66.0% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 66.0%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as British Virgin Islands (2024).
Position in 2024 22nd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in British Virgin Islands 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 British Virgin IslandsWorld
2024 66.0% –
2023 66.0% 31.1%
2022 66.0% 31.1%
2021 66.5% 31.2%
2020 66.5% 31.2%
2019 66.5% 31.2%
2018 66.5% 31.3%
2017 66.5% 31.3%
2016 66.5% 31.3%
2015 66.5% 31.4%
2014 66.5% 31.4%
2013 66.5% 31.4%
2012 66.5% 31.5%
2011 66.5% 31.9%
2010 66.5% 31.9%
2009 66.5% 32.0%
2008 66.5% 32.0%
2007 66.5% 32.1%
2006 66.5% 32.1%
2005 66.6% 32.1%
2004 66.6% 32.2%
2003 66.6% 32.3%
2002 66.6% 32.3%
2001 66.6% 32.3%
2000 66.6% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 66.5%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, British Virgin Islands has the 22nd 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 British Virgin Islands
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)