Cayman Islands - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Cayman Islands was 127.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 131.30 in 1990 and a minimum value of 127.20 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 131.30
1991 131.10
1992 130.90
1993 130.70
1994 130.50
1995 130.30
1996 130.10
1997 129.90
1998 129.70
1999 129.50
2000 129.30
2001 129.09
2002 128.88
2003 128.67
2004 128.46
2005 128.25
2006 128.04
2007 127.83
2008 127.62
2009 127.41
2010 127.20
2011 127.20
2012 127.20
2013 127.20
2014 127.20
2015 127.20
2016 127.20
2017 127.20
2018 128.10
2019 127.20
2020 127.20

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Cayman Islands was 53.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 54.71 in 1990, while its lowest value was 53.00 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 54.71
1991 54.63
1992 54.54
1993 54.46
1994 54.38
1995 54.29
1996 54.21
1997 54.13
1998 54.04
1999 53.96
2000 53.88
2001 53.79
2002 53.70
2003 53.61
2004 53.53
2005 53.44
2006 53.35
2007 53.26
2008 53.18
2009 53.09
2010 53.00
2011 53.00
2012 53.00
2013 53.00
2014 53.00
2015 53.00
2016 53.00
2017 53.00
2018 53.38
2019 53.00
2020 53.00

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use