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Jamaica: Forest area (% of land area)

56.55percent · 2024+6.8% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for Jamaica from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202456.548
202356.19
202255.831
202155.473
202055.114
201954.754
201854.396
201754.037
201653.679
201553.319
201452.969
201352.618
201252.267
201151.916
201051.565
200951.22
200850.873
200750.528
200650.182
200549.837
200449.491
200349.145
200248.8
200148.453
200048.108
199948.111
199848.113
199748.115
199648.118
199548.121
199448.123
199348.126
199248.128
199148.13
199048.133

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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