Forest area in Dominica

Forests covered 76.4% of the land area of Dominica in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Dominica, 2024 76.4% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 76.5%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Dominica (2024).
Position in 2024 9th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Dominica over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period DominicaWorld
2024 76.4% –
2023 76.5% 31.1%
2022 76.6% 31.1%
2021 76.7% 31.2%
2020 76.8% 31.2%
2019 76.8% 31.2%
2018 76.9% 31.3%
2017 76.9% 31.3%
2016 77.0% 31.3%
2015 77.1% 31.4%
2014 77.2% 31.4%
2013 77.4% 31.4%
2012 77.5% 31.5%
2011 77.7% 31.9%
2010 77.8% 31.9%
2009 77.8% 32.0%
2008 77.9% 32.0%
2007 77.9% 32.1%
2006 77.9% 32.1%
2005 77.9% 32.1%
2004 78.0% 32.2%
2003 78.0% 32.3%
2002 78.0% 32.3%
2001 78.0% 32.3%
2000 78.1% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 76.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 77.2%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Dominica has the 9th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Dominica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)