Forest area in US Virgin Islands

Forests covered 58.9% of the land area of US Virgin Islands 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
US Virgin Islands, 2024 58.9% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 58.5%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as US Virgin Islands (2024).
Position in 2024 33rd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in US 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 US Virgin IslandsWorld
2024 58.9% –
2023 58.5% 31.1%
2022 58.1% 31.1%
2021 57.3% 31.2%
2020 56.9% 31.2%
2019 56.5% 31.2%
2018 56.0% 31.3%
2017 55.6% 31.3%
2016 55.2% 31.3%
2015 54.7% 31.4%
2014 54.3% 31.4%
2013 53.9% 31.4%
2012 53.5% 31.5%
2011 53.1% 31.9%
2010 52.7% 31.9%
2009 52.9% 32.0%
2008 53.1% 32.0%
2007 53.4% 32.1%
2006 53.6% 32.1%
2005 53.9% 32.1%
2004 54.1% 32.2%
2003 54.4% 32.3%
2002 54.6% 32.3%
2001 54.9% 32.3%
2000 55.1% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 58.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54.3%, the figure has changed by +4.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, US Virgin Islands has the 33rd 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 US 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)