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Dominican Republic vs Latvia: Drivers of deforestation

Dominican Republic
18.75 hectares
in 2023
Latvia
19.37 hectares
in 2023
Dominican Republic rank
109th
Latvia rank
108th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Dominican Republic
  • Latvia
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How they compare

Latvia currently reports 19.37 hectares against 18.75 hectares in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.62 hectares.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 109th and Latvia ranks 108th of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drivers of deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
166 places, 2,829 data points, 2001–2023
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Estimates of commodity-driven deforestation, measured in hectares per year. This includes deforestation caused by the production of agricultural products and forestry, which account for approximately 90% of the world's deforestation.