Virgin Islands - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Virgin Islands was 199.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 245.40 in 1990 and a minimum value of 184.30 in 2010.

Definition: Forest area is land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 245.40
1991 241.33
1992 237.26
1993 233.19
1994 229.12
1995 225.05
1996 220.98
1997 216.91
1998 212.84
1999 208.77
2000 204.70
2001 202.66
2002 200.62
2003 198.58
2004 196.54
2005 194.50
2006 192.46
2007 190.42
2008 188.38
2009 186.34
2010 184.30
2011 185.76
2012 187.22
2013 188.68
2014 190.14
2015 191.60
2016 193.10
2017 194.60
2018 196.10
2019 197.60
2020 199.10

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Virgin Islands was 56.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 70.11 in 1990, while its lowest value was 52.66 in 2010.

Definition: Forest area is land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 70.11
1991 68.95
1992 67.79
1993 66.63
1994 65.46
1995 64.30
1996 63.14
1997 61.97
1998 60.81
1999 59.65
2000 58.49
2001 57.90
2002 57.32
2003 56.74
2004 56.15
2005 55.57
2006 54.99
2007 54.41
2008 53.82
2009 53.24
2010 52.66
2011 53.07
2012 53.49
2013 53.91
2014 54.33
2015 54.74
2016 55.17
2017 55.60
2018 56.03
2019 56.46
2020 56.89

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use