Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Dominica
Dominica: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 382 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Dominica, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Dominica is 382 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Dominica peaked at 443 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 1980.
That places Dominica 51st out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 ha | — |
| 1981 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10 ha | +100.0% |
| 1986 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21 ha | +110.0% |
| 1991 | 18 ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 26 ha | +30.0% |
| 1994 | 30 ha | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1996 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 280 ha | +250.0% |
| 2001 | 270 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 267 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 272 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 276 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 271 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 300 ha | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 312 ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 294 ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 357 ha | +21.4% |
| 2010 | 330 ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 334 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 360 ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 443 ha | +23.1% |
| 2014 | 376 ha | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 373 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 370 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 386 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 376 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 384 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 382 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 381 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 382 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 382 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 382 ha | +0.0% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 382 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 29% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 382 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 50% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +250.0% | 80 ha | 280 ha |
| 1990 | +110.0% | 10 ha | 21 ha |
| 1985 | +100.0% | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 1995 | +33.3% | 30 ha | 40 ha |
| 1993 | +30.0% | 20 ha | 26 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.5 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41.5 ha | 18 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 289.9 ha | 267 ha | 357 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 373.2 ha | 330 ha | 443 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 381.8 ha | 381 ha | 382 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Dominica?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Dominica was 382 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 443 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 1980.
- How does Dominica rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Dominica ranks 51st out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.