Deforestation statistics for United States Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands: Demographic data

Population (2022)104,425
Annual population growth rate (2022)-0.15%
Population density (people/sq km)298
Net migration-451
Fertility rate2
Median age43
Urban population share96%


United States Virgin Islands: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 350
Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 18,998
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 54.30%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 1,823
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 9.60%
Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 2,724
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 7.80%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 14.30%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 84
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 3.10%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 2,640
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 7.50%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 14%


United States Virgin Islands: Annual forest and tree cover data



United States Virgin Islands: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2002: nan
2003: 1
2004: 7
2005: 0
2006: 2
2007: 1
2008: nan
2009: 1
2010: 0
2011: 1
2012: 0
2013: 0
2014: nan
2015: nan
2016: 2
2017: 52
2018: 17
2019: 1
2020: 0


United States Virgin Islands: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2001: 123
2002: 21
2003: 40
2004: 33
2005: 20
2006: 74
2007: 25
2008: 40
2009: 86
2010: 21
2011: 50
2012: 27
2013: 27
2014: 21
2015: 0
2016: 9
2017: 1,126
2018: 45
2019: 20
2020: 14


 

2019 forest data for United States Virgin Islands | Archived forest data for United States Virgin Islands | Forest data for United States Virgin Islands

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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