Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 2.23 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Dominican Republic, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 2.23 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.6% on the previous year and up 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Dominican Republic peaked at 3.45 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.94 1000 ha, in 2012.
Dominican Republic ranks 110th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2.85 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1.73 1000 ha | -39.3% |
| 2003 | 1.75 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 1.35 1000 ha | -22.9% |
| 2005 | 1.24 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 1.03 1000 ha | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 1.2 1000 ha | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 1.05 1000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 1.2 1000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 1.05 1000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 0.96 1000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 0.94 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 1.01 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 1.56 1000 ha | +54.5% |
| 2015 | 2.33 1000 ha | +49.4% |
| 2016 | 2.91 1000 ha | +24.9% |
| 2017 | 2.76 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 2.8 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 3.4 1000 ha | +21.4% |
| 2020 | 3.45 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 3.04 1000 ha | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 3.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.44 1000 ha | -19.7% |
| 2024 | 2.23 1000 ha | -8.6% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 2.23 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.38 1000 ha, 94% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 2.23 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.36 1000 ha, 6.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.49 1000 ha | 1.03 1000 ha | 2.85 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.97 1000 ha | 0.94 1000 ha | 3.4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.84 1000 ha | 2.23 1000 ha | 3.45 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 107 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.33 1000 ha compare
- 108 Papua New Guinea 2.31 1000 ha compare
- 109 Cambodia 2.25 1000 ha compare
- 111 Gambia 1.95 1000 ha compare
- 112 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 1.94 1000 ha compare
- 113 South Sudan 1.88 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 terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Dominican Republic?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Dominican Republic was 2.23 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 3.45 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.94 1000 ha in 2012.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Dominican Republic ranks 110th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.9%. 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 Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS. 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.