Forest area in Cuba

Forests covered 34.9% of the land area of Cuba in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest 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
Cuba, 2024 34.9% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 34.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Cuba (2024).
Position in 2024 95th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Cuba 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 CubaWorld
2024 34.9% –
2023 34.9% 31.1%
2022 34.8% 31.1%
2021 34.8% 31.2%
2020 34.8% 31.2%
2019 34.6% 31.2%
2018 34.4% 31.3%
2017 34.3% 31.3%
2016 34.0% 31.3%
2015 33.8% 31.4%
2014 33.2% 31.4%
2013 32.6% 31.4%
2012 31.3% 31.5%
2011 30.6% 31.9%
2010 30.2% 31.9%
2009 29.7% 32.0%
2008 29.2% 32.0%
2007 28.7% 32.1%
2006 28.2% 32.1%
2005 27.8% 32.1%
2004 27.3% 32.2%
2003 26.8% 32.3%
2002 26.3% 32.3%
2001 25.6% 32.3%
2000 25.1% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 34.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 33.2%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Cuba has the 95th 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 Cuba
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)