Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 8,609 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Dominica is 8,609 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 14,772 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1980.
That places Dominica 142nd out of 191 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.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,082 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,094 ha | +34.9% |
| 1967 | 6,475 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 6,475 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 5,100 ha | -21.5% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,450 ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 5,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 6,400 ha | +18.5% |
| 1979 | 4,300 ha | -32.8% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | -41.9% |
| 1981 | 3,200 ha | +28.0% |
| 1982 | 3,210 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 3,730 ha | +16.2% |
| 1984 | 3,293 ha | -11.7% |
| 1985 | 9,667 ha | +193.6% |
| 1986 | 11,160 ha | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 13,039 ha | +16.8% |
| 1988 | 14,772 ha | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 13,510 ha | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 11,182 ha | -17.2% |
| 1991 | 11,209 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 11,086 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 10,522 ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 9,286 ha | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 7,915 ha | -14.8% |
| 1996 | 10,487 ha | +32.5% |
| 1997 | 10,555 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 10,293 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 9,940 ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 9,396 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 8,546 ha | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 8,583 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 7,850 ha | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 8,117 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 7,881 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 8,191 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 8,024 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 8,877 ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 9,524 ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 8,636 ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 8,834 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 8,454 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 8,656 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 8,461 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 8,531 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 8,477 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 8,455 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 8,542 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 8,542 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8,656 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 8,700 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 8,621 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 8,615 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 8,609 ha | -0.1% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 8,609 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 12% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 8,609 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 22% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +193.6% | 3,293 ha | 9,667 ha |
| 1980 | -41.9% | 4,300 ha | 2,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,847 ha | 4,000 ha | 8,094 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,065 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,808 ha | 2,500 ha | 14,772 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,248 ha | 7,915 ha | 11,209 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,499 ha | 7,850 ha | 9,524 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,559 ha | 8,454 ha | 8,834 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,640 ha | 8,609 ha | 8,700 ha | 5 |
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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 fruit primary — area harvested in Dominica?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Dominica was 8,609 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 14,772 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1980.
- How does Dominica rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.