Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 5,827 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Dominican Republic is 5,827 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.5% on the previous year and up 38.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 76,486 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 554 ha, in 1993.
That places Dominican Republic 57th out of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 48,157 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 45,603 ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 46,420 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 71,628 ha | +54.3% |
| 1970 | 63,132 ha | -11.9% |
| 1971 | 70,011 ha | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 76,486 ha | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 67,988 ha | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 63,132 ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 49,000 ha | -22.4% |
| 1976 | 56,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 52,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 53,585 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 30,000 ha | -44.0% |
| 1980 | 35,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 28,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 31,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 34,557 ha | +11.5% |
| 1985 | 24,839 ha | -28.1% |
| 1986 | 37,000 ha | +49.0% |
| 1987 | 30,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 1988 | 24,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 21,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 6,452 ha | -70.7% |
| 1992 | 6,946 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 554 ha | -92.0% |
| 1994 | 606 ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 2,497 ha | +312.0% |
| 1996 | 2,224 ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 1,705 ha | -23.3% |
| 1998 | 3,471 ha | +103.6% |
| 1999 | 4,241 ha | +22.2% |
| 2000 | 1,945 ha | -54.1% |
| 2001 | 2,307 ha | +18.6% |
| 2002 | 3,351 ha | +45.3% |
| 2003 | 2,309 ha | -31.1% |
| 2004 | 2,128 ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 2,626 ha | +23.4% |
| 2006 | 2,205 ha | -16.0% |
| 2007 | 2,591 ha | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 1,969 ha | -24.0% |
| 2009 | 3,072 ha | +56.0% |
| 2010 | 2,679 ha | -12.8% |
| 2011 | 2,867 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 2,568 ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 4,083 ha | +59.0% |
| 2014 | 4,219 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 3,798 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 4,370 ha | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 4,684 ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 4,776 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 5,260 ha | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 3,991 ha | -24.1% |
| 2021 | 4,060 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 4,190 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 4,535 ha | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 5,827 ha | +28.5% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 5,827 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 2.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 5,827 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 2.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +312.0% | 606 ha | 2,497 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,412 ha | 45,603 ha | 71,628 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,133 ha | 30,000 ha | 76,486 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,340 ha | 21,000 ha | 37,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,070 ha | 554 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,450 ha | 1,945 ha | 3,351 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,930 ha | 2,568 ha | 5,260 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,521 ha | 3,991 ha | 5,827 ha | 5 |
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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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 5,827 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 76,486 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 554 ha in 1993.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 57th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. 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.