Dominican Republic

Forest area in Dominican Republic

Forest area in Dominican Republic: 44.1% in 1990 and 46.7% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 46.7%
Since 1990: +2.6 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 65 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Dominican Republic	World
2024	46.7	–
2023	46.6	31.1
2022	46.4	31.1
2021	46.3	31.2
2020	46.2	31.2
2019	46.1	31.2
2018	46	31.3
2017	45.9	31.3
2016	45.9	31.3
2015	45.9	31.4
2014	45.7	31.4
2013	45.6	31.4
2012	45.5	31.5
2011	45.4	31.9
2010	45.3	32
2009	45.2	32
2008	45.2	32
2007	45.1	32.1
2006	45.1	32.1
2005	45	32.1
2004	45	32.2
2003	45	32.3
2002	44.9	32.3
2001	44.9	32.3
2000	44.8	32.4
1999	44.8	32.5
1998	44.7	32.5
1997	44.6	32.6
1996	44.6	32.7
1995	44.5	32.7
1994	44.4	32.8
1993	44.3	32.8
1992	44.3	33
1991	44.2	–
1990	44.1	–

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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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