Forest land — Share in Land area in Dominica
Dominica: Forest land — Share in Land area was 76.42 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Dominica, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Dominica is 76.42 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Dominica peaked at 78.44 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 76.42 %, in 2024.
That places Dominica 11th out of 249 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Dominica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 78.44 % | — |
| 1991 | 78.4 % | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 78.37 % | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 78.33 % | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 78.29 % | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 78.25 % | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 78.22 % | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 78.18 % | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 78.14 % | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 78.1 % | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 78.07 % | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 78.04 % | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 78.02 % | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 77.99 % | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 77.97 % | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 77.94 % | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 77.91 % | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 77.89 % | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 77.86 % | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 77.84 % | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 77.81 % | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 77.66 % | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 77.51 % | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 77.37 % | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 77.22 % | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 77.07 % | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 77.01 % | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 76.94 % | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 76.88 % | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 76.82 % | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 76.76 % | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 76.7 % | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 76.64 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 76.48 % | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 76.42 % | -0.1% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 76.42 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.73 %, 2.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 76.42 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48.2 %, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.27 % | 78.1 % | 78.44 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.95 % | 77.84 % | 78.07 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.23 % | 76.82 % | 77.81 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.6 % | 76.42 % | 76.76 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 8 Equatorial Guinea 86.09 % compare
- 9 American Samoa 79.65 % compare
- 10 Pitcairn 78.51 % compare
- 12 Wallis and Futuna Islands 75.56 % compare
- 13 Papua New Guinea 75.15 % compare
- 14 Guinea-Bissau 74.82 % compare
More environment data for Dominica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.258 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.2 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Dominica?
- Forest land — share in land area in Dominica was 76.42 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 78.44 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.42 % in 2024.
- How does Dominica rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Dominica ranks 11th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.