Cereals, primary — Yield in Dominica
Dominica: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,690 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Dominica stood at 1,690 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Dominica peaked at 1,690 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,182 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Dominica 133rd 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Dominica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,182 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,217 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 1,217 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,250 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,280 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 1,280 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,231 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 1,231 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,259 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 1,259 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,286 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 1,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,267 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 1,333 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,419 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 1,438 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 1,424 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 1,412 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 1,389 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 1,353 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 1,333 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 1,200 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 1,385 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 1,333 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,364 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 1,340 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 1,340 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,333 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 1,341 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,344 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,347 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,350 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,354 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,357 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 1,357 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,359 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,364 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,333 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 1,378 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 1,357 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 1,405 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1,448 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 1,438 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,437 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,417 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 1,400 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,667 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2013 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,624 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 1,604 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 1,598 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,602 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,609 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,622 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1,635 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,653 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,678 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,690 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 1,690 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 1,690 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,232 kg/ha | 1,182 kg/ha | 1,280 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,301 kg/ha | 1,231 kg/ha | 1,419 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,360 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,347 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,388 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,448 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,581 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,665 kg/ha | 1,635 kg/ha | 1,690 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.121 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,330 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2601 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Dominica?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Dominica was 1,690 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,690 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,182 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Dominica ranks 133rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.