Cocoa beans — Yield in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Cocoa beans — Yield was 553.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Dominican Republic stood at 553.7 kg/ha.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Dominican Republic peaked at 576.4 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 204.7 kg/ha, in 2005.
That places Dominican Republic 12th out of 53 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.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 464.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 443.1 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 475.4 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 515.3 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 357.1 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1966 | 373.2 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 345.4 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1968 | 363.5 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 368.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 360.2 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 360 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 354.9 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 359 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 357.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 350 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 349.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 350 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 391.8 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 359.6 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 299.8 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1981 | 329.1 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 258.7 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1983 | 305.9 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1984 | 340.8 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 294 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1986 | 285.3 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 240.6 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 319.1 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1989 | 409 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1990 | 356.7 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1991 | 401.1 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1992 | 416.3 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 446.1 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 492.8 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 387.6 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1996 | 459.7 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1997 | 370.3 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1998 | 387 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 236.7 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 2000 | 242.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 357 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 2002 | 361.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 371.2 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 376.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 204.7 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 2006 | 299.7 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 2007 | 275.1 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 295.6 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 358.9 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2010 | 380.7 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 354.3 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 478.5 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2013 | 450.6 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 463.2 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 500.2 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 538.3 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 573.7 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 561.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 504.2 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 449.1 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 454.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 389 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2023 | 576.4 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 2024 | 553.7 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 553.7 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 553.7 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 411.84 kg/ha | 345.4 kg/ha | 515.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 359.33 kg/ha | 349.9 kg/ha | 391.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 308.23 kg/ha | 240.6 kg/ha | 409 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 395.43 kg/ha | 236.7 kg/ha | 492.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 314.21 kg/ha | 204.7 kg/ha | 376.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 480.49 kg/ha | 354.3 kg/ha | 573.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 484.52 kg/ha | 389 kg/ha | 576.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 9 Grenada 591.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 Ghana 576.2 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 11 Nicaragua 557 kg/ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 379.7 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 544.2 kg/ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 183.4 kg/ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 102.5 kg/ha compare
- 14 Uganda 533 kg/ha compare
- 15 Vanuatu 515.7 kg/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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share 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 cocoa beans — yield in Dominican Republic?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Dominican Republic was 553.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 576.4 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 204.7 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Dominican Republic ranks 12th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield 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, 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.