Cocoa beans — Yield in Dominica
Dominica: Cocoa beans — Yield was 93.4 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Yield in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — yield in Dominica is 93.4 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Dominica peaked at 400 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 70.6 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Dominica 48th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Dominica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1963 | 400 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 250 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1966 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 285.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 312.5 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 305.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 320 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 335 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 306.5 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1979 | 329.2 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 329.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 329.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 339.3 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 189.7 kg/ha | -44.1% |
| 1984 | 165.5 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1985 | 151.7 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 112.5 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1987 | 96.9 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 70.6 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1989 | 77.5 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 92.7 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1991 | 86.5 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 86.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 75 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 93.2 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1995 | 77.5 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1996 | 76.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 88.5 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1998 | 82.5 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 95.2 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 86.1 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 87.7 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 89.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 90.8 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 92.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 93.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 94.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 96.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 97.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 101.9 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 92.1 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 92.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 92.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 93 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 93.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 93.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 93.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 93.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 93.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 94.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 94.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 93.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 93.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 93.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 93.4 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 23% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 93.4 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 23% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Dominica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +100.0% | 200 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha |
| 1962 | -50.0% | 400 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -44.1% | 339.3 kg/ha | 189.7 kg/ha |
| 1965 | -37.5% | 400 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -27.1% | 96.9 kg/ha | 70.6 kg/ha |
| 1986 | -25.8% | 151.7 kg/ha | 112.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 294.44 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 299.42 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 335 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 186.21 kg/ha | 70.6 kg/ha | 339.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 85.49 kg/ha | 75 kg/ha | 95.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 92.99 kg/ha | 86.1 kg/ha | 101.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.21 kg/ha | 92.1 kg/ha | 93.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.7 kg/ha | 93.4 kg/ha | 94.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 45 Trinidad and Tobago 119.7 kg/ha compare
- 46 Panama 102.2 kg/ha compare
- 47 Equatorial Guinea 101.9 kg/ha compare
- 49 Sao Tome and Principe 91.2 kg/ha compare
- 50 Malaysia 71.7 kg/ha compare
- 51 Gabon 55.1 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- 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 cocoa beans — yield in Dominica?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Dominica was 93.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.6 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Dominica rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Dominica ranks 48th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.