Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area as a share of 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 %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 0.3% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2020.
That places Dominican Republic 37th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 6 |
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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 as a share of forest area in Dominican Republic?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Dominican Republic was 0.3% 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 as a share of forest area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2020.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Dominican Republic ranks 37th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. 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 as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.