Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 62.18 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Dominican Republic, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Dominican Republic stood at 62.18 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Dominican Republic peaked at 62.18 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 28.46 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Dominican Republic 88th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 28.46 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 29.78 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 30.65 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 31.56 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 32.31 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 33.09 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 34 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 35 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 36.09 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 38.38 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 40.49 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 41.85 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 42.87 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 44.34 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 45.57 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 46.68 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 47.79 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 48.9 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 50.08 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 51.27 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 52.65 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 54.91 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 57.42 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 58.5 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 58.54 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 58.94 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 59.16 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 59.64 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 59.64 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 60.55 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 62.18 1000 ha | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.86 1000 ha | 28.46 1000 ha | 35 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 43.3 1000 ha | 36.09 1000 ha | 48.9 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.11 1000 ha | 50.08 1000 ha | 59.64 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.79 1000 ha | 59.64 1000 ha | 62.18 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 7.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0063 t per person (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -6.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, per capita 0.0077 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Dominican Republic?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Dominican Republic was 62.18 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 62.18 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.46 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Dominican Republic ranks 88th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. 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, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.