Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 235,617 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Dominican Republic stood at 235,617 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 235,617 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 91,000 ha, in 1962.
That places Dominican Republic 116th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 102,476 ha | 91,000 ha | 118,736 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 123,878 ha | 95,700 ha | 154,449 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 153,962 ha | 131,252 ha | 185,795 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 131,482 ha | 103,306 ha | 151,804 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 174,758 ha | 146,693 ha | 206,348 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 197,044 ha | 184,342 ha | 219,424 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 226,333 ha | 211,928 ha | 235,617 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 113 Ireland 258,930 ha compare
- 114 Libya 249,794 ha compare
- 115 Guinea-Bissau 242,659 ha compare
- 117 Saudi Arabia 230,134 ha compare
- 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 224,321 ha compare
- 119 Portugal 191,630 ha compare
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)
- 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 235,617 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 235,617 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 91,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 116th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.