Deforestation statistics for Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Demographic data

Population (2022)	10,847,910
Annual population growth rate (2022)	1.00%
Population density (people/sq km)	225
Net migration	-30,000
Fertility rate	2.4
Median age	28
Urban population share	85%

Dominican Republic: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 48,320

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 2,576,430
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 53.30%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 330,679
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 12.80%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 316,880
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 6.60%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 12.30%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 23,541
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 7.40%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 293,339
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 6.10%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 11%

Dominican Republic: Annual forest and tree cover data

Dominican Republic: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: 451
2003: 461
2004: 1,066
2005: 4,977
2006: 535
2007: 956
2008: 1,558
2009: 789
2010: 678
2011: 582
2012: 1,569
2013: 263
2014: 740
2015: 1,821
2016: 2,867
2017: 1,575
2018: 294
2019: 510
2020: 1,850

Dominican Republic: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 11,247
2002: 10,436
2003: 10,714
2004: 19,388
2005: 25,088
2006: 13,414
2007: 16,059
2008: 21,612
2009: 13,967
2010: 14,103
2011: 12,960
2012: 17,906
2013: 12,703
2014: 13,678
2015: 15,091
2016: 24,907
2017: 27,063
2018: 13,970
2019: 14,931
2020: 21,441

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Azua	134,020	2,262	2,285	2,087	2,193	8,826	6.6%
Independencia	75,317	1,544	2,405	2,814	4,064	10,826	14.4%
La Altagracia	125,421	4,876	7,116	5,741	6,108	23,842	19.0%
La Estrelleta	71,651	2,573	2,735	1,766	3,108	10,182	14.2%
La Romana	8,667	369	472	415	66	1,323	15.3%
La Vega	153,456	2,419	1,948	2,731	3,097	10,194	6.6%
María Trinidad Sánchez	58,825	1,509	1,536	1,091	3,355	7,491	12.7%
Monseñor Nouel	74,980	1,093	1,353	1,327	3,543	7,317	9.8%
Monte Cristi	74,562	2,707	4,515	3,176	1,829	12,226	16.4%
Monte Plata	157,462	6,879	6,380	5,702	13,543	32,504	20.6%
Pedernales	144,127	2,670	3,662	6,936	3,605	16,874	11.7%
Bahoruco	42,166	534	1,089	839	1,710	4,172	9.9%
Peravia	38,802	490	442	600	918	2,449	6.3%
Puerto Plata	115,201	5,033	5,140	3,942	4,656	18,771	16.3%
Salcedo	24,020	475	480	335	729	2,019	8.4%
Samaná	69,093	1,587	1,653	2,406	5,437	11,084	16.0%
San Cristóbal	87,322	1,857	2,029	1,564	3,415	8,864	10.2%
San José de Ocoa	64,375	720	800	910	1,469	3,899	6.1%
San Juan	172,567	10,888	4,315	3,059	3,443	21,705	12.6%
San Pedro de Macorís	25,199	731	779	960	783	3,254	12.9%
Sánchez Ramírez	61,080	2,468	2,749	2,493	3,515	11,225	18.4%
Santiago Rodríguez	82,072	2,785	3,239	2,203	2,649	10,876	13.3%
Barahona	95,227	2,369	3,302	3,672	4,801	14,144	14.9%
Santiago	189,862	4,696	4,672	3,472	4,623	17,463	9.2%
Santo Domingo	46,190	2,133	1,739	1,515	2,345	7,732	16.7%
Valverde	36,237	1,111	1,743	1,740	745	5,340	14.7%
Dajabón	53,142	3,247	3,302	1,875	2,845	11,270	21.2%
Distrito Nacional	1,051	37	30	34	53	154	14.6%
Duarte	90,824	1,350	1,204	1,161	2,426	6,140	6.8%
El Seybo	71,789	1,867	2,490	1,541	2,380	8,278	11.5%
Espaillat	48,393	1,173	1,009	1,064	2,410	5,656	11.7%
Hato Mayor	83,327	2,421	2,541	3,170	6,448	14,580	17.5%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Azua	Villa Tabara Arriba	362	2	3	20	82	106	29.4%
Azua	Estebania	62	0	0	1	0	2	2.5%
Azua	Guayabal	2	0	0	1	0	1	40.9%
Azua	Padre Las Casas	2,666	58	64	16	25	163	6.1%
Azua	Pueblo Viejo	1,550	28	61	46	28	162	10.5%
Azua	Sabana Yegua	74	1	0	3	2	6	8.1%
Independencia	Duvergé	10,941	48	155	420	1,345	1,969	18.0%
Independencia	Jimaní	130	11	0	0	1	12	9.4%
Independencia	La Descubierta	2,217	16	9	12	16	54	2.4%
Independencia	Mella	1,854	33	10	46	263	352	19.0%
Independencia	Postrer Rio	716	6	6	14	29	55	7.7%
La Altagracia	La Laguna de Nisibón	901	2	5	1	16	24	2.6%
La Altagracia	Salvaleón de Higüey	1,280	89	221	11	50	371	29.0%
La Altagracia	San Rafael del Yuma	14,101	39	51	34	21	145	1.0%
La Estrelleta	Hondo Valle	2,207	3	4	8	4	19	0.9%
La Estrelleta	Juan Santiago	152	1	0	0	1	2	1.5%
La Estrelleta	Pedro Santana	4,063	26	30	37	157	251	6.2%
La Vega	Concepción de la Vega	6,491	70	49	87	66	271	4.2%
La Vega	Constanza	28,657	168	158	717	794	1,837	6.4%
La Vega	Jarabacoa	12,832	194	30	43	51	318	2.5%
La Vega	Jima Abajo	489	5	6	14	19	45	9.1%
María Trinidad Sánchez	Cabrera	166	2	2	2	2	9	5.4%
María Trinidad Sánchez	El Factor	203	6	0	0	0	7	3.3%
María Trinidad Sánchez	Nagua	1,386	9	3	3	28	43	3.1%
María Trinidad Sánchez	Rio San Juan	32	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Monseñor Nouel	Bonao	7,137	9	22	49	63	143	2.0%
Monseñor Nouel	Piedra Blanca	320	5	12	4	3	24	7.4%
Monte Cristi	Guayubín	272	0	1	0	3	4	1.4%
Monte Cristi	Pepillo Salcedo	476	0	0	0	5	5	1.1%
Monte Cristi	San Fernando de Monte Cristi	1,202	1	0	1	19	21	1.7%
Monte Cristi	Villa Vázquez	211	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
Pedernales	Pedernales	41,737	606	1,495	1,582	1,063	4,746	11.4%
Bahoruco	Los Rios	699	6	2	3	18	29	4.2%
Bahoruco	Neyba	114	0	0	0	0	1	0.5%
Bahoruco	Tamayo	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0%
Bahoruco	Villa Jaragua	65	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Puerto Plata	La Isabela	243	0	0	0	47	47	19.5%
Puerto Plata	Sosua	112	1	0	1	7	8	7.5%
Samaná	Sánchez	3,420	19	7	15	15	55	1.6%
San Cristóbal	Cambita Garabito	1,300	10	5	2	5	21	1.7%
San Cristóbal	Los Cacaos	2,505	12	8	14	21	54	2.2%
San Cristóbal	Villa Altagracia	5,930	21	22	22	110	176	3.0%
San José de Ocoa	Rancho Arriba	2,604	57	38	31	105	230	8.9%
San José de Ocoa	Sabana Larga	2,338	4	14	8	4	29	1.3%
San José de Ocoa	San José de Ocoa	3,118	70	29	170	79	349	11.2%
San Juan	Bohechio	6,032	1,299	48	37	4	1,388	23.0%
San Juan	El Cercado	1,486	4	2	4	8	18	1.2%
San Juan	San Juan de la Maguana	18,561	2,452	102	38	22	2,614	14.1%
Santiago Rodríguez	Los Almácigos	5,386	17	34	36	64	151	2.8%
Santiago Rodríguez	Monción	1,882	8	12	31	54	106	5.6%
Santiago Rodríguez	San Ignacio de Sabaneta	16,532	144	202	107	197	650	3.9%
Barahona	Cabral	703	24	38	22	18	101	14.4%
Barahona	Santa Cruz de Barahona	4,827	97	137	115	106	455	9.4%
Barahona	Vicente Noble	1,884	11	11	65	126	213	11.3%
Barahona	Enriquillo	6,404	220	453	267	432	1,372	21.4%
Barahona	Jaquimeyes	3,955	27	39	118	37	221	5.6%
Barahona	La Cienaga	4,280	112	233	136	150	632	14.8%
Barahona	Las Salinas	119	0	1	1	1	3	2.2%
Barahona	Paraiso	4,260	106	149	105	286	645	15.1%
Barahona	Polo	4,891	56	104	131	171	462	9.5%
Santiago	Janico	3,882	1	2	10	1	14	0.3%
Santiago	San José de Las Matas	55,006	535	181	220	367	1,303	2.4%
Dajabón	El Pino	221	10	16	6	6	38	17.3%
Dajabón	Loma de Cabrera	2,058	109	128	43	206	486	23.6%
Dajabón	Partido	660	70	84	28	49	231	35.0%
Dajabón	Restauración	150	3	6	2	6	17	11.3%
Duarte	San Francisco de Macorís	3,402	7	5	2	27	41	1.2%
El Seybo	Miches	951	0	1	2	42	45	4.7%
Espaillat	Gaspar Hernández	705	6	2	3	28	39	5.5%
Hato Mayor	Sabana de la Mar	1,308	1	1	9	120	132	10.1%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Primary forest extent (2000) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Azua	4,717	89	128	86	137	440	9.3%
Independencia	15,858	115	180	493	1,653	2,441	15.4%
La Altagracia	16,283	130	276	46	87	540	3.3%
La Estrelleta	6,422	30	34	45	162	272	4.2%
La Vega	48,467	437	244	861	929	2,471	5.1%
María Trinidad Sánchez	1,787	17	6	5	30	59	3.3%
Monseñor Nouel	7,457	14	34	52	67	167	2.2%
Monte Cristi	2,161	1	2	1	27	30	1.4%
Pedernales	41,737	606	1,495	1,582	1,063	4,746	11.4%
Bahoruco	877	6	3	3	18	31	3.5%
Puerto Plata	355	1	0	1	54	56	15.7%
Samaná	3,420	19	7	15	15	55	1.6%
San Cristóbal	9,736	43	35	38	136	252	2.6%
San José de Ocoa	8,059	131	80	210	188	608	7.6%
San Juan	26,079	3,755	152	79	34	4,020	15.4%
Santiago Rodríguez	23,800	170	248	174	315	907	3.8%
Barahona	31,323	651	1,166	960	1,327	4,104	13.1%
Santiago	58,889	535	183	230	368	1,316	2.2%
Dajabón	3,089	192	234	78	268	772	25.0%
Duarte	3,402	7	5	2	27	41	1.2%
El Seybo	951	0	1	2	42	45	4.7%
Espaillat	705	6	2	3	28	39	5.5%
Hato Mayor	1,308	1	1	9	120	132	10.1%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational area (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Primary forest extent (2001) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Azua	Villa Tabara Arriba	362	2	3	20	82	106	29.4%
Azua	Estebania	62	0	0	1	0	2	2.5%
Azua	Guayabal	2	0	0	1	0	1	40.9%
Azua	Padre Las Casas	2,666	58	64	16	25	163	6.1%
Azua	Pueblo Viejo	1,550	28	61	46	28	162	10.5%
Azua	Sabana Yegua	74	1	0	3	2	6	8.1%
Independencia	Duvergé	10,941	48	155	420	1,345	1,969	18.0%
Independencia	Jimaní	130	11	0	0	1	12	9.4%
Independencia	La Descubierta	2,217	16	9	12	16	54	2.4%
Independencia	Mella	1,854	33	10	46	263	352	19.0%
Independencia	Postrer Rio	716	6	6	14	29	55	7.7%
La Altagracia	La Laguna de Nisibón	901	2	5	1	16	24	2.6%
La Altagracia	Salvaleón de Higüey	1,280	89	221	11	50	371	29.0%
La Altagracia	San Rafael del Yuma	14,101	39	51	34	21	145	1.0%
La Estrelleta	Hondo Valle	2,207	3	4	8	4	19	0.9%
La Estrelleta	Juan Santiago	152	1	0	0	1	2	1.5%
La Estrelleta	Pedro Santana	4,063	26	30	37	157	251	6.2%
La Vega	Concepción de la Vega	6,491	70	49	87	66	271	4.2%
La Vega	Constanza	28,657	168	158	717	794	1,837	6.4%
La Vega	Jarabacoa	12,832	194	30	43	51	318	2.5%
La Vega	Jima Abajo	489	5	6	14	19	45	9.1%
María Trinidad Sánchez	Cabrera	166	2	2	2	2	9	5.4%
María Trinidad Sánchez	El Factor	203	6	0	0	0	7	3.3%
María Trinidad Sánchez	Nagua	1,386	9	3	3	28	43	3.1%
María Trinidad Sánchez	Rio San Juan	32	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Monseñor Nouel	Bonao	7,137	9	22	49	63	143	2.0%
Monseñor Nouel	Piedra Blanca	320	5	12	4	3	24	7.4%
Monte Cristi	Guayubín	272	0	1	0	3	4	1.4%
Monte Cristi	Pepillo Salcedo	476	0	0	0	5	5	1.1%
Monte Cristi	San Fernando de Monte Cristi	1,202	1	0	1	19	21	1.7%
Monte Cristi	Villa Vázquez	211	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
Pedernales	Pedernales	41,737	606	1,495	1,582	1,063	4,746	11.4%
Bahoruco	Los Rios	699	6	2	3	18	29	4.2%
Bahoruco	Neyba	114	0	0	0	0	1	0.5%
Bahoruco	Tamayo	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0%
Bahoruco	Villa Jaragua	65	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Puerto Plata	La Isabela	243	0	0	0	47	47	19.5%
Puerto Plata	Sosua	112	1	0	1	7	8	7.5%
Samaná	Sánchez	3,420	19	7	15	15	55	1.6%
San Cristóbal	Cambita Garabito	1,300	10	5	2	5	21	1.7%
San Cristóbal	Los Cacaos	2,505	12	8	14	21	54	2.2%
San Cristóbal	Villa Altagracia	5,930	21	22	22	110	176	3.0%
San José de Ocoa	Rancho Arriba	2,604	57	38	31	105	230	8.9%
San José de Ocoa	Sabana Larga	2,338	4	14	8	4	29	1.3%
San José de Ocoa	San José de Ocoa	3,118	70	29	170	79	349	11.2%
San Juan	Bohechio	6,032	1,299	48	37	4	1,388	23.0%
San Juan	El Cercado	1,486	4	2	4	8	18	1.2%
San Juan	San Juan de la Maguana	18,561	2,452	102	38	22	2,614	14.1%
Santiago Rodríguez	Los Almácigos	5,386	17	34	36	64	151	2.8%
Santiago Rodríguez	Monción	1,882	8	12	31	54	106	5.6%
Santiago Rodríguez	San Ignacio de Sabaneta	16,532	144	202	107	197	650	3.9%
Barahona	Cabral	703	24	38	22	18	101	14.4%
Barahona	Santa Cruz de Barahona	4,827	97	137	115	106	455	9.4%
Barahona	Vicente Noble	1,884	11	11	65	126	213	11.3%
Barahona	Enriquillo	6,404	220	453	267	432	1,372	21.4%
Barahona	Jaquimeyes	3,955	27	39	118	37	221	5.6%
Barahona	La Cienaga	4,280	112	233	136	150	632	14.8%
Barahona	Las Salinas	119	0	1	1	1	3	2.2%
Barahona	Paraiso	4,260	106	149	105	286	645	15.1%
Barahona	Polo	4,891	56	104	131	171	462	9.5%
Santiago	Janico	3,882	1	2	10	1	14	0.3%
Santiago	San José de Las Matas	55,006	535	181	220	367	1,303	2.4%
Dajabón	El Pino	221	10	16	6	6	38	17.3%
Dajabón	Loma de Cabrera	2,058	109	128	43	206	486	23.6%
Dajabón	Partido	660	70	84	28	49	231	35.0%
Dajabón	Restauración	150	3	6	2	6	17	11.3%
Duarte	San Francisco de Macorís	3,402	7	5	2	27	41	1.2%
El Seybo	Miches	951	0	1	2	42	45	4.7%
Espaillat	Gaspar Hernández	705	6	2	3	28	39	5.5%
Hato Mayor	Sabana de la Mar	1,308	1	1	9	120	132	10.1%

2019 forest data for Dominican Republic | Archived forest data for Dominican Republic | Forest data for Dominican Republic

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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