Forest area in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Forest area was 2.26 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Dominican Republic, 1990–2025
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 forest area in Dominican Republic is 2.26 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Dominican Republic peaked at 2.26 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.13 million hectares, in 1990.
Dominican Republic ranks 104th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.15 million hectares | 2.13 million hectares | 2.16 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.18 million hectares | 2.17 million hectares | 2.18 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.21 million hectares | 2.19 million hectares | 2.22 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.24 million hectares | 2.22 million hectares | 2.26 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 101 Equatorial Guinea 2.41 million hectares compare
- 102 Uganda 2.37 million hectares compare
- 103 Turkmenistan 2.33 million hectares compare
- 105 Lithuania 2.22 million hectares compare
- 106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.16 million hectares compare
- 107 Sri Lanka 2.12 million hectares compare
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 forest area in Dominican Republic?
- Forest area in Dominican Republic was 2.26 million 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 forest area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2.26 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.13 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for forest area?
- Dominican Republic ranks 104th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.