Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Cuba vs Dominican Republic: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 34.9% in Cuba and 46.7% in Dominican Republic, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 11.8 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Cuba.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Dominican Republic has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Cuba ranked 95 and Dominican Republic ranked 65 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Cuba | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.9 | 46.7 | – |
| 2023 | 34.9 | 46.6 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 34.8 | 46.4 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 34.8 | 46.3 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 34.8 | 46.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 34.6 | 46.1 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 34.4 | 46 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 34.3 | 45.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 34 | 45.9 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 33.8 | 45.9 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 33.2 | 45.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 32.6 | 45.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 31.3 | 45.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 30.6 | 45.4 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 30.2 | 45.3 | 32 |
| 2009 | 29.7 | 45.2 | 32 |
| 2008 | 29.2 | 45.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 28.7 | 45.1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 28.2 | 45.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 27.8 | 45 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 27.3 | 45 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 26.8 | 45 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 26.3 | 44.9 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 25.6 | 44.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 25.1 | 44.8 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 24.8 | 44.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 24.4 | 44.7 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 24.1 | 44.6 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 23.7 | 44.6 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 23.3 | 44.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 23 | 44.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 22.6 | 44.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 22.3 | 44.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 21.9 | 44.2 | – |
| 1990 | 21.5 | 44.1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Dominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Dominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Dominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Dominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Dominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Dominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Dominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Dominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Dominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Dominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Dominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Dominican Republic: $90 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Dominican Republic: 71,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Dominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Dominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Dominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Dominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022