Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Dominica
Dominica: Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas was 37.0% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Dominica, 1990–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Dominica is 37.0%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Dominica peaked at 37.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 37.0%, in 1990.
That places Dominica 34th out of 168 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Dominica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 37.0% | — |
| 2000 | 37.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 37.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 37.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 37.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 37.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.0% | 37.0% | 37.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 37.0% | 37.0% | 37.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 37.0% | 37.0% | 37.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 37.0% | 37.0% | 37.0% | 2 |
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More environment data for Dominica
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.258 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.2 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 2.13 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 2.7 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 141 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 141 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.54 g/Int$ (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.89 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Dominica?
- Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Dominica was 37.0% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 37.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.0% in 1990.
- How does Dominica rank for proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas?
- Dominica ranks 34th out of 168 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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