Latin America & Caribbean
Forest area (% of land area)

Within the “Latin America & Caribbean” group, Suriname leads Forest area (% of land area) in 2023 at 94.45%, while Curacao sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.16%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.023.647.270.894.4SurinameSuriname: 94.45%94.4GuyanaGuyana: 87.09%87.1St. Vincent and the GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 73.18%73.2DominicaDominica: 63.83%63.8Costa RicaCosta Rica: 60.40%60.4BrazilBrazil: 58.98%59.0Virgin Islands (U.S.)Virgin Islands (U.S.): 58.17%58.2PanamaPanama: 56.34%56.3HondurasHonduras: 56.27%56.3JamaicaJamaica: 56.19%56.2Puerto Rico (US)Puerto Rico (US): 56.12%56.1PeruPeru: 56.10%56.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Suriname 94.45%
2 Guyana 87.09%
3 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 73.18%
4 Dominica 63.83%
5 Costa Rica 60.40%
6 Brazil 58.98%
7 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 58.17%
8 Panama 56.34%
9 Honduras 56.27%
10 Jamaica 56.19%
11 Puerto Rico (US) 56.12%
12 Peru 56.10%
13 Belize 54.52%
14 Colombia 52.77%
15 Cayman Islands 52.47%
16 Venezuela, RB 52.23%
17 Grenada 52.06%
18 Bahamas, The 50.94%
19 Ecuador 49.55%
20 Bolivia 46.35%
21 Dominican Republic 44.99%
22 Trinidad and Tobago 44.24%
23 St. Kitts and Nevis 42.31%
24 Paraguay 38.54%
25 St. Lucia 34.05%
26 Mexico 33.60%
27 Guatemala 32.60%
28 Cuba 31.23%
29 El Salvador 27.53%
30 Nicaragua 25.82%
31 Chile 25.01%
32 St. Martin (French part) 24.80%
33 British Virgin Islands 24.13%
34 Antigua and Barbuda 18.01%
35 Barbados 14.65%
36 Haiti 12.26%
37 Uruguay 11.96%
38 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.07%
39 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 10.88%
40 Argentina 10.32%
41 Aruba 2.33%
42 Curacao 0.16%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Latin America & Caribbean group for Forest area (% of land area) in 2023, Suriname leads with a gap of 7.36% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 42 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Curacao at 0.16%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.