Forest area in Cayman Islands

Forests covered 53.0% of the land area of Cayman Islands in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cayman Islands, 2024 53.0% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 53.0%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Cayman Islands (2024).
Position in 2024 49th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Cayman 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 Cayman IslandsWorld
2024 53.0% –
2023 53.0% 31.1%
2022 53.0% 31.1%
2021 53.0% 31.2%
2020 53.0% 31.2%
2019 53.0% 31.2%
2018 53.0% 31.3%
2017 53.0% 31.3%
2016 53.0% 31.3%
2015 53.0% 31.4%
2014 53.0% 31.4%
2013 53.0% 31.4%
2012 53.0% 31.5%
2011 53.0% 31.9%
2010 53.0% 31.9%
2009 53.1% 32.0%
2008 53.2% 32.0%
2007 53.3% 32.1%
2006 53.3% 32.1%
2005 53.5% 32.1%
2004 53.5% 32.2%
2003 53.6% 32.3%
2002 53.7% 32.3%
2001 53.8% 32.3%
2000 53.9% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 53.0%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Cayman Islands has the 49th 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 Cayman 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)