Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 47,251 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Dominican Republic is 47,251 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 101.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 47,251 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,273 ha, in 1982.
That places Dominican Republic 37th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 29,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 30,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 33,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 36,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 39,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 38,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 34,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1977 | 37,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 37,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 23,900 ha | -35.4% |
| 1980 | 16,167 ha | -32.4% |
| 1981 | 18,040 ha | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 10,273 ha | -43.1% |
| 1983 | 16,770 ha | +63.2% |
| 1984 | 19,914 ha | +18.7% |
| 1985 | 18,939 ha | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 25,099 ha | +32.5% |
| 1987 | 17,432 ha | -30.5% |
| 1988 | 20,715 ha | +18.8% |
| 1989 | 18,918 ha | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 20,476 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 17,221 ha | -15.9% |
| 1992 | 26,362 ha | +53.1% |
| 1993 | 15,496 ha | -41.2% |
| 1994 | 16,421 ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 22,598 ha | +37.6% |
| 1996 | 20,574 ha | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 16,321 ha | -20.7% |
| 1998 | 20,205 ha | +23.8% |
| 1999 | 19,590 ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 19,130 ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 17,756 ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 17,196 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 16,908 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 13,818 ha | -18.3% |
| 2005 | 14,764 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 17,784 ha | +20.5% |
| 2007 | 16,994 ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 14,146 ha | -16.8% |
| 2009 | 21,467 ha | +51.8% |
| 2010 | 24,221 ha | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 23,485 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 22,642 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 23,540 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 23,442 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 22,456 ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 23,103 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 23,685 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 21,671 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 23,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 21,640 ha | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 21,579 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 36,357 ha | +68.5% |
| 2023 | 44,444 ha | +22.2% |
| 2024 | 47,251 ha | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,111 ha | 28,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,590 ha | 23,900 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,227 ha | 10,273 ha | 25,099 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,526 ha | 15,496 ha | 26,362 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,996 ha | 13,818 ha | 21,467 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,144 ha | 21,671 ha | 24,221 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,254 ha | 21,579 ha | 47,251 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.6 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 47,251 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 47,251 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,273 ha in 1982.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 37th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.6%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.