Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 154.16 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Dominican Republic, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 154.16 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
That represents a change of up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Dominican Republic peaked at 181.74 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 138.01 1000 ha, in 2009.
Dominican Republic ranks 121st of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 181.74 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 181.72 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 181.71 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 180.59 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 179.88 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 179.16 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 178.37 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 169.6 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 164.01 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 159.44 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 157.71 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 152.95 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 145.93 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 144.61 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 143.95 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 141.63 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 139.2 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 138.01 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 138.53 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 140.26 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 140.87 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 141.41 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 143.33 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 143.3 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 145.17 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 145.43 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 147.46 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 150.09 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 152.91 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 154.21 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 154.16 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 154.16 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 441.84 1000 ha, 35% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 154.16 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 129.36 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 179.1 1000 ha | 169.6 1000 ha | 181.74 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 148.74 1000 ha | 138.01 1000 ha | 164.01 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 143.58 1000 ha | 138.53 1000 ha | 150.09 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 153.76 1000 ha | 152.91 1000 ha | 154.21 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 118 Ireland 177.83 1000 ha compare
- 119 Switzerland 176.11 1000 ha compare
- 120 Estonia 159.64 1000 ha compare
- 122 Republic of Korea 149.97 1000 ha compare
- 123 Suriname 146.34 1000 ha compare
- 124 Montenegro 144.54 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.57 % 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 0.0836 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Dominican Republic?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Dominican Republic was 154.16 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 181.74 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 138.01 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Dominican Republic ranks 121st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.