Channel Islands — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Channel Islands, 1990–2021.
Forest area for Channel Islands was 5.15% in 2021, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 32 years, from 1990 to 2021. The highest recorded value was 5.15% in 2010. The lowest was 4.19% in 1990 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.67% per year.
Channel Islands ranks 179 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 32.02%, so Channel Islands sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has risen 0% since. Over the last decade (2011–2021) the figure moved up 0%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 49 of 57 economies; Turkmenistan (4.96%) is just below it.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 104 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 150th of 178 in 1990 → 178th of 207 in 2000 → 175th of 209 in 2010 → 179th of 214 in 2020 → 179th of 214 in 2021.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2021
| Year | % of land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2020 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2019 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 5.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 5.15% | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 5.06% | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 4.96% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 4.86% | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 4.77% | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 4.67% | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 4.58% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 4.48% | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 4.38% | +0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 4.29% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1997 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1996 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1992 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 4.19% | +0.0 pp |
| 1990 | 4.19% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Channel Islands’s Forest area in 1991?
4.19% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of land area, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Channel Islands’s Forest area growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2021 the series was growing overall: +22.9% in total — about 0.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2021: 5.15%; 2020: 5.15%; 2019: 5.15%; 2018: 5.15%; 2017: 5.15%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.