Annual change in forest area in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Annual change in forest area was 6,622 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area in Dominican Republic, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual change in forest area in Dominican Republic is 6,622 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area in Dominican Republic peaked at 6,622 hectares in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,904 hectares, in 2016.
Dominican Republic ranks 32nd of 235 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,365 hectares | 3,365 hectares | 3,365 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | 2,180 hectares | 2,048 hectares | 3,365 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,821 hectares | 1,904 hectares | 5,710 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,836 hectares | 1,904 hectares | 6,622 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 51.58 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.51 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1864 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4035 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0123 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0379 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area in Dominican Republic?
- Annual change in forest area in Dominican Republic was 6,622 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 6,622 hectares in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,904 hectares in 2016.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for annual change in forest area?
- Dominican Republic ranks 32nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.