Share of land area that is protected in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Share of land area that is protected was 26.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of land area that is protected in Dominican Republic, 2013–2025
Source: Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of total land area.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 26.3% for share of land area that is protected in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of land area that is protected in Dominican Republic peaked at 26.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 22.3%, in 2013.
Dominican Republic ranks 56th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share of land area that is protected in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of total land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 22.3% | — |
| 2014 | 23.0% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26.2% | +13.9% |
| 2019 | 26.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 26.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 26.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 26.4% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 26.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 26.2% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 26.3% | +0.4% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 26.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.6%, 1.7× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 26.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.7%, 1.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23.8% | 22.3% | 26.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 26.3% | 26.2% | 26.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More reference data data for Dominican Republic
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0601 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9595 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3273 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of land area that is protected in Dominican Republic?
- Share of land area that is protected in Dominican Republic was 26.3% in 2025, according to Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of land area that is protected recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 26.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of land area that is protected recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.3% in 2013.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for share of land area that is protected?
- Dominican Republic ranks 56th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of land area that is protected rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land area that is protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Terrestrial protected areas are areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities in order to preserve their ecosystem services and cultural values.