Forest area in Jamaica
Forests covered 56.5% of the land area of Jamaica in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Jamaica, 2024
56.5%
Change from 2023
+0.4percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
42nd of 209
Forest area in Jamaica over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Jamaica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56.5% | – |
| 2023 | 56.2% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 55.8% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 55.5% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 55.1% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 54.8% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 54.4% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 54.0% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 53.7% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 53.3% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 53.0% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 52.6% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 52.3% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 51.9% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 51.6% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 51.2% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 50.9% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 50.5% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 50.2% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 49.8% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 49.5% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 49.1% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 48.8% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 48.5% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 48.1% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 56.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 53.0%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Jamaica has the 42nd highest value.