Costa Rica vs Dominican Republic: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Costa Rica

7,308 hectares

in 2024

Dominican Republic

9,293 hectares

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

49th

Dominican Republic rank

48th

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Dominican Republic currently reports 9,293 hectares against 7,308 hectares in Costa Rica, a difference of 1,985 hectares.

That makes Dominican Republic's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 49th and Dominican Republic ranks 48th of 187 countries.

Indicator: Agriculture-driven deforestation
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 4,269 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Long-term, permanent tree cover loss for small- to large-scale agriculture.