Bananas — Yield in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Bananas — Yield was 36,439 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 36,439 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Dominican Republic peaked at 45,649 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 11,020 kg/ha, in 1967.
Dominican Republic ranks 22nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,902 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,417 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 12,946 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1964 | 14,043 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 13,302 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 11,260 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1967 | 11,020 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 12,148 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 11,698 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 12,199 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 12,450 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 13,666 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 14,391 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 14,391 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 14,557 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 15,131 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 14,957 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 15,028 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 13,730 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1980 | 14,310 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 15,238 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 15,238 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,238 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,714 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 11,761 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1986 | 11,597 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 11,878 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 13,031 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 12,810 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 32,122 kg/ha | +150.7% |
| 1991 | 17,841 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 1992 | 32,084 kg/ha | +79.8% |
| 1993 | 31,958 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 32,174 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 29,103 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 30,605 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 25,267 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1998 | 22,169 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1999 | 33,261 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2000 | 28,412 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 27,994 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 31,709 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 31,720 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 31,257 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 30,916 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 25,948 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 26,574 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 24,258 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 32,641 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 2010 | 33,487 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 21,251 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 2012 | 42,556 kg/ha | +100.3% |
| 2013 | 45,649 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 43,169 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 43,125 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 42,490 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 42,059 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 41,960 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 41,900 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 43,846 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 43,106 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 37,002 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2023 | 39,176 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 36,439 kg/ha | -7.0% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 36,439 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 36,439 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +150.7% | 12,810 kg/ha | 32,122 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +100.3% | 21,251 kg/ha | 42,556 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +79.8% | 17,841 kg/ha | 32,084 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +50.0% | 22,169 kg/ha | 33,261 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -44.5% | 32,122 kg/ha | 17,841 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,860 kg/ha | 11,020 kg/ha | 14,902 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,050 kg/ha | 12,199 kg/ha | 15,131 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,682 kg/ha | 11,597 kg/ha | 15,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,658 kg/ha | 17,841 kg/ha | 33,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,143 kg/ha | 24,258 kg/ha | 32,641 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,765 kg/ha | 21,251 kg/ha | 45,649 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,914 kg/ha | 36,439 kg/ha | 43,846 kg/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 — yield in Dominican Republic?
- Bananas — yield in Dominican Republic was 36,439 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 45,649 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,020 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for bananas — yield?
- Dominican Republic ranks 22nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. 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 — Yield. 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.