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Trees & air quality in Puerto Rico
How much tree cover Puerto Rico's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 56.1%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- CaguasAQI 18
5 cities in Puerto Rico
San Juan
2 km radius
Ponce
2 km radius
Arecibo
2 km radius
Caguas
2 km around Caguas
Tree cover
31%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Mayagüez
2 km around Cárcel
Tree cover
50%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Puerto Rico as a whole
56.1% of Puerto Rico was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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