Cocoa bean yields in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Cocoa bean yields was 0.5537 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa bean yields in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa bean yields in Dominican Republic is 0.5537 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa bean yields in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.5764 tonnes per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2047 tonnes per hectare, in 2005.
That places Dominican Republic 15th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4118 tonnes per hectare | 0.3454 tonnes per hectare | 0.5153 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3593 tonnes per hectare | 0.3499 tonnes per hectare | 0.3918 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3082 tonnes per hectare | 0.2406 tonnes per hectare | 0.409 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3954 tonnes per hectare | 0.2367 tonnes per hectare | 0.4928 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3142 tonnes per hectare | 0.2047 tonnes per hectare | 0.3762 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4805 tonnes per hectare | 0.3543 tonnes per hectare | 0.5737 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4845 tonnes per hectare | 0.389 tonnes per hectare | 0.5764 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More agriculture & rural data for Dominican Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.86 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.17 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 27.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 235,617 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa bean yields in Dominican Republic?
- Cocoa bean yields in Dominican Republic was 0.5537 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cocoa bean yields recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5764 tonnes per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2047 tonnes per hectare in 2005.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for cocoa bean yields?
- Dominican Republic ranks 15th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.