What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Dominican Republic?

The highest recorded value was 2.22 1000 ha in 2005.

What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Dominican Republic?

The lowest recorded value was 2 1000 ha in 1993.

How does Dominican Republic rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?

Dominican Republic ranks 142nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022.

Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Dominican Republic?

Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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, published as part of Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Dominican Republic

Name: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Dominican Republic
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Dominican Republic: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2.2 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

2.2 1000 ha

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

142nd

of 241 countries

All-time high

2.22 1000 ha

in 2005

All-time low

2 1000 ha

in 1993

Years of data

1992–2022

Sparsely natural vegetated 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 2.2 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Dominican Republic peaked at 2.22 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2 1000 ha, in 1993.

Dominican Republic ranks 142nd of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	2.11 1000 ha	2 1000 ha	2.19 1000 ha	8
2000s	2.13 1000 ha	2.09 1000 ha	2.22 1000 ha	10
2010s	2.17 1000 ha	2.07 1000 ha	2.22 1000 ha	10
2020s	2.21 1000 ha	2.2 1000 ha	2.21 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Dominican Republic

139 Bahrain 2.3 1000 ha compare
140 Estonia 2.26 1000 ha compare
141 Netherlands Antilles (former) 2.22 1000 ha compare
143 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 2.06 1000 ha compare
144 Slovakia 1.98 1000 ha compare
145 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.72 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Dominican Republic

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 23.27 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 310.1 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 67.18 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 23.83 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 46.29 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,149 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 11.64 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 288.77 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 42.07 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 1,044 1000 ha (2024)

All data for Dominican Republic →

Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Dominican Republic?: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Dominican Republic was 2.2 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Dominican Republic?: The highest recorded value was 2.22 1000 ha in 2005.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Dominican Republic?: The lowest recorded value was 2 1000 ha in 1993.
How does Dominican Republic rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?: Dominican Republic ranks 142nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Dominican Republic?: Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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, published as part of Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.