Dominican Republic vs Spain: Annual forest expansion

Dominican Republic
31,240 hectares per year
in 2020
Spain
34,400 hectares per year
in 2020
Dominican Republic rank
18th
Spain rank
16th

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Dominican Republic
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 34,400 hectares per year against 31,240 hectares per year in Dominican Republic, a difference of 3,160 hectares per year.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Dominican Republic's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Spain ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 18th and Spain ranks 16th of 110 countries.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Dominican Republic Spain Difference Ahead
1990s 22,090 hectares per year 318,930 hectares per year 296,840 hectares per year Spain
2000s 8,810 hectares per year 152,930 hectares per year 144,120 hectares per year Spain
2010s 21,910 hectares per year 44,445 hectares per year 22,535 hectares per year Spain
2020s 31,240 hectares per year 34,400 hectares per year 3,160 hectares per year Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Dominican Republic or Spain?
Spain, at 34,400 hectares per year against 31,240 hectares per year in Dominican Republic as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Dominican Republic and Spain?
3,160 hectares per year, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Spain?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Dominican Republic and Spain rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Dominican Republic ranks 18th and Spain ranks 16th of 110 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual forest expansion
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).