Forest area is the land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use. Forest is determined both by the presence of trees and the absence of other predominant land uses. The trees should be able to reach a minimum height of 5 metres (m) in situ. Areas under reforestation that have not yet reached but are expected to reach a canopy cover of 10 percent and a tree height of 5 m are included, as are temporarily unstocked areas, resulting from human intervention or natural causes, which are expected to regenerate. Includes: areas with bamboo and palms provided that height and canopy cover criteria are met; forest roads, firebreaks and other small open areas; forest in national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas such as those of specific scientific, historical, cultural or spiritual interest; windbreaks, shelterbelts and corridors of trees with an area of more than 0.5 ha and width of more than 20 m; plantations primarily used for forestry or protective purposes, such as: rubber-wood plantations and cork, oak stands. Excludes: tree stands in agricultural production systems, for example in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems. The term also excludes trees in urban parks and gardens.

Forest area (sq. km)

1990200020052010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Antigua and Barbuda101959188878686858584838382818180
Barbados63636363636363636363636363636363
Belize16,00014,59314,25313,91413,79713,68013,56313,44513,32813,21713,10512,99412,88212,77112,65912,547
Colombia649,581627,355617,716608,078606,732605,385604,039602,693601,347599,595597,398595,405593,412591,419589,426587,433
Costa Rica29,07428,57228,64228,71228,87629,03929,20329,36729,53029,69429,85830,02130,18530,34930,51230,676
Cuba20,58024,35026,83529,32029,82430,32830,83231,33631,84032,41032,42032,42032,42032,42032,42032,420
Dominica503479479479479479479479479479479479479479479479
Dominican Republic15,94919,72520,22820,73120,79220,85320,91420,97521,03721,11721,19821,27921,36021,44121,52221,603
El Salvador7,1896,7396,5146,2896,2446,1996,1546,1096,0646,0195,9745,9295,8845,8395,7945,749
Grenada177177177177177177177177177177177177177177177177
Guatemala47,81242,09239,65937,22636,95236,67936,40536,13235,85835,74235,62635,51035,39435,27835,16235,046
Guyana186,022185,642185,420185,198185,081184,964184,847184,731184,614184,522184,430184,338184,245184,153184,061183,969
Haiti3,8293,8073,7953,7843,7533,7223,6913,6603,6293,5973,5663,5353,5043,4733,4423,411
Honduras69,87867,78366,76965,75565,53165,30865,08564,86264,63864,43164,22164,01263,80263,59363,38363,174
Jamaica5,2135,2105,3975,5855,6235,6615,6995,7375,7755,8135,8525,8915,9305,9696,0086,047
Mexico705,917683,814676,623669,433668,208666,984665,759664,534663,309662,032660,754659,476658,199656,921655,643654,365
Nicaragua63,99353,99347,93741,88241,32040,75940,19839,63739,07538,07537,07536,07535,07534,07533,07532,075
Panama46,07444,42143,85143,28043,16643,05242,93742,82342,70942,59542,48142,36742,25342,13842,02441,910
St. Kitts and Nevis110110110110110110110110110110110110110110110110
St. Lucia213210209208208208208208208208208208208208208208
St. Vincent and the Grenadines275285285285285285285285285285285285285285285285
Suriname153,776153,409153,204152,999152,902152,806152,709152,613152,517152,403152,330152,208152,085151,963151,840151,718
Bahamas, The5,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,0995,099
Trinidad and Tobago2,4212,3672,3452,3242,3202,3162,3112,3072,3032,2992,2952,2902,2862,2822,2782,274
Venezuela, RB520,260491,510483,280475,050473,406471,762470,118468,474466,830465,433464,282463,378462,720462,309461,734461,268