Environment in Dominica

1,516 indicators covering environment for Dominica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 0.205 t 2024 down 43.7% 174th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 15.3% 2024 up 17.2% 122nd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 295.8% 2024 up 38.2% 55th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 27.5% 2024 up 31.6% 125th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 91.7% 2024 up 35.3% 98th
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 71st
Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 116th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0 t per square kilometre 2023 97th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 58th
Forest land — Share in Land area 76.42 % 2024 down 1.0% 11th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 151st
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 152nd
Other land — Area 0 1000 ha 2023 252nd
Solid biofuels — Energy production 66.14 TJ 2024 down 3.8% 173rd
Fuelwood — Energy production 66.14 TJ 2024 down 3.8% 171st
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 1 t 2024 unchanged 135th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 135th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 121st
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2024 134th
Recovered paper — Export value 32 1000 USD 2024 down 64.0% 166th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 175 t 2024 down 52.6% 170th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 66.14 TJ 2024 down 3.8% 177th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 48 t 2024 unchanged 109th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 25 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 127th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 60.49 TJ 2024 down 0.5% 177th
Municipal water withdrawal 19.00 million cubic meters 2023 unchanged 167th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 53.35 TJ 2024 down 4.0% 165th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 60.49 TJ 2024 down 0.5% 179th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 230 t 2024 up 995.2% 183rd
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 276 1000 USD 2024 up 762.5% 193rd
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0333 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 21.9% 83rd
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.064 t per square kilometre 2023 down 39.2% 71st
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 153rd
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 153rd
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 11.52 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 up 13.8% 143rd
Charcoal — Energy production 6.87 TJ 2024 down 1.3% 135th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 1 t 2024 unchanged 120th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 120th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 38 m3 2016 123rd
Wood fuel — Import value 4 1000 USD 2016 149th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 470.6 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 141st
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 148th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 148th
Land use hidden — Forest 478.7 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 146th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 8.1 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 139th
Wood residues — Import quantity 1 m3 2024 down 90.0% 178th
Wood residues — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 180th
Watermelons — Gross Production Index Number 113.05 2024 up 28.6% 47th
Watermelons — Gross per capita Production Index Number 119.72 2024 up 36.7% 33rd
Charcoal — Energy consumption 7.14 TJ 2024 up 36.7% 156th
Annual freshwater withdrawals 20.00 million billion cubic meters 2022 unchanged 171st
Wood residues — Export quantity 94 m3 2024 unchanged 83rd
Wood residues — Export value 9 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 90th
Wood fuel — Export quantity 24 m3 2016 unchanged 123rd
Wood fuel — Export value 1 1000 USD 2016 unchanged 142nd
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of 10 2022 unchanged 93rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 14 m3 2024 down 95.8% 187th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 5 1000 USD 2024 down 89.4% 182nd
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal 28.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2022 down 2.7% 82nd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste 0.0001 Mt CO2e 2024 unchanged 86th