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Puerto Rico (US) — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Puerto Rico (US), 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
56.12%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +55.4% since 1990
Forest area for Puerto Rico (US) was 56.12% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 36.11% in 1990 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.34% per year.
Puerto Rico (US) ranks 37 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 44.99%, so Puerto Rico (US) sits above it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
56.12%
First (1990)
36.11%
Change
+55.4%
Highest
56.12%
in 2023
Lowest
36.11%
in 1990
Average
50.37%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.34%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 56.12% |
| 2022 | 56.07% |
| 2021 | 56.01% |
| 2020 | 55.96% |
| 2019 | 55.9% |
| 2018 | 55.85% |
| 2017 | 55.79% |
| 2016 | 55.74% |
| 2015 | 55.68% |
| 2014 | 55.63% |
| 2013 | 55.57% |
| 2012 | 55.52% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.