Bananas — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Bananas — Area harvested was 55,954 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Dominican Republic stood at 55,954 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.4% on the previous year and up 116.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 55,954 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,200 ha, in 1991.
Dominican Republic ranks 26th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 26,672 ha | +27.0% |
| 1986 | 36,381 ha | +36.4% |
| 1987 | 31,410 ha | -13.7% |
| 1988 | 30,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12,300 ha | -59.0% |
| 1991 | 12,200 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 12,900 ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 14,400 ha | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 13,925 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 12,406 ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 12,862 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 15,409 ha | +19.8% |
| 1998 | 14,424 ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 12,989 ha | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 14,864 ha | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 15,789 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 15,859 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 16,234 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 14,983 ha | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 17,589 ha | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 19,301 ha | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 19,504 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 18,409 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 18,063 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 26,660 ha | +47.6% |
| 2011 | 43,388 ha | +62.7% |
| 2012 | 22,759 ha | -47.5% |
| 2013 | 23,660 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 25,848 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 26,205 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 26,834 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 27,227 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 28,020 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 28,861 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 28,132 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 29,296 ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 37,767 ha | +28.9% |
| 2023 | 42,248 ha | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 55,954 ha | +32.4% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 55,954 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 8.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 55,954 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 8.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +62.7% | 26,660 ha | 43,388 ha |
| 1990 | -59.0% | 30,000 ha | 12,300 ha |
| 2010 | +47.6% | 18,063 ha | 26,660 ha |
| 2012 | -47.5% | 43,388 ha | 22,759 ha |
| 1986 | +36.4% | 26,672 ha | 36,381 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,444 ha | 19,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,500 ha | 20,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,946 ha | 21,000 ha | 36,381 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,382 ha | 12,200 ha | 15,409 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,060 ha | 14,864 ha | 19,504 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,946 ha | 22,759 ha | 43,388 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,679 ha | 28,132 ha | 55,954 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Dominican Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.046 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 509.02 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4279 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2748 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Bananas — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 55,954 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 55,954 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,200 ha in 1991.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 26th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.