Beans, dry — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 44,911 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 44,911 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 10.5% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 69,701 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 27,676 ha, in 1968.
Dominican Republic ranks 48th of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 35,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 1965 | 34,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 44,000 ha | +29.4% |
| 1967 | 34,406 ha | -21.8% |
| 1968 | 27,676 ha | -19.6% |
| 1969 | 35,000 ha | +26.5% |
| 1970 | 28,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 33,000 ha | +17.9% |
| 1972 | 31,400 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 33,400 ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 41,810 ha | +25.2% |
| 1975 | 41,750 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 45,465 ha | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 42,000 ha | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 52,767 ha | +25.6% |
| 1979 | 46,415 ha | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 51,300 ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 55,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 61,659 ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 61,632 ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 69,701 ha | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 43,143 ha | -38.1% |
| 1987 | 63,179 ha | +46.4% |
| 1988 | 68,037 ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 64,267 ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 59,301 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 55,988 ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 38,166 ha | -31.8% |
| 1993 | 43,515 ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 45,225 ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 47,081 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 43,560 ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 33,308 ha | -23.5% |
| 1998 | 33,156 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 31,027 ha | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 30,912 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 40,344 ha | +30.5% |
| 2002 | 44,396 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 37,044 ha | -16.6% |
| 2004 | 30,576 ha | -17.5% |
| 2005 | 30,240 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 34,907 ha | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 33,690 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 30,070 ha | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 33,745 ha | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 36,583 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 38,498 ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 36,119 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 39,320 ha | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 40,231 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 30,451 ha | -24.3% |
| 2016 | 36,515 ha | +19.9% |
| 2017 | 36,710 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 38,315 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 41,745 ha | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 35,484 ha | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 36,671 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 37,323 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 40,652 ha | +8.9% |
| 2024 | 44,911 ha | +10.5% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 44,911 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25,950 ha, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 44,911 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 34,416 ha, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,120 ha | 27,676 ha | 44,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,601 ha | 28,000 ha | 52,767 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,292 ha | 43,143 ha | 69,701 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,033 ha | 31,027 ha | 59,301 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,592 ha | 30,070 ha | 44,396 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,449 ha | 30,451 ha | 41,745 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,008 ha | 35,484 ha | 44,911 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 beans, dry — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 44,911 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 69,701 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,676 ha in 1968.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 48th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.