Dominican Republic vs Guatemala: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 46.7% in Dominican Republic and 33.1% in Guatemala, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 13.6 percentage points, or 1.41 times that in Guatemala.

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% of land · FAO

Dominican RepublicGuatemalaWorld

What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Guatemala.
In 2024, Dominican Republic ranked 65 and Guatemala ranked 104 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Dominican Republic	Guatemala	World
2024	46.7	33.1	–
2023	46.6	33.2	31.1
2022	46.4	33.4	31.1
2021	46.3	33.5	31.2
2020	46.2	33.6	31.2
2019	46.1	33.7	31.2
2018	46	33.9	31.3
2017	45.9	34	31.3
2016	45.9	34.1	31.3
2015	45.9	34.3	31.4
2014	45.7	34.4	31.4
2013	45.6	34.6	31.4
2012	45.5	34.7	31.5
2011	45.4	34.9	31.9
2010	45.3	35.1	32
2009	45.2	35.5	32
2008	45.2	35.9	32
2007	45.1	36.4	32.1
2006	45.1	36.8	32.1
2005	45	37.3	32.1
2004	45	37.7	32.2
2003	45	38.1	32.3
2002	44.9	38.6	32.3
2001	44.9	39	32.3
2000	44.8	39.4	32.4
1999	44.8	40	32.5
1998	44.7	40.6	32.5
1997	44.6	41.2	32.6
1996	44.6	41.8	32.7
1995	44.5	42.4	32.7
1994	44.4	43	32.8
1993	44.3	43.5	32.8
1992	44.3	44.1	33
1991	44.2	44.7	–
1990	44.1	45.3	–

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.

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