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 10th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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
- 7 Guyana 87.07 % compare
- 8 Equatorial Guinea 86.09 % compare
- 9 Pitcairn 78.51 % compare
- 11 Wallis and Futuna Islands 75.56 % compare
- 12 Papua New Guinea 75.15 % compare
- 13 Guinea-Bissau 74.82 % compare
More environment data for Dominica
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.89 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.66 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 8.16 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 69.39 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 17 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.45 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 5.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.34 ha/cap (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 10th out of 231 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.