Infant food — Food supply in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Infant food — Food supply was 11.62 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Infant food — Food supply in Dominican Republic, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for infant food — food supply in Dominican Republic is 11.62 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 366.7% on the previous year and up 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant food — food supply in Dominican Republic peaked at 14.44 kcal/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.49 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
Dominican Republic ranks 7th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Infant food — Food supply in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.48 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 8.55 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 8.61 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 8.76 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 8.84 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 9.44 kcal/cap/d | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 9.62 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 9.68 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 10.99 kcal/cap/d | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 12.38 kcal/cap/d | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 14.44 kcal/cap/d | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 11.62 kcal/cap/d | -19.5% |
| 2022 | 2.49 kcal/cap/d | -78.6% |
| 2023 | 11.62 kcal/cap/d | +366.7% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 11.62 kcal/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.76 kcal/cap/d, 6.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 11.62 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.28 kcal/cap/d, 5.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Infant food — Food supply 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +366.7% | 2.49 kcal/cap/d | 11.62 kcal/cap/d |
| 2022 | -78.6% | 11.62 kcal/cap/d | 2.49 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.54 kcal/cap/d | 8.48 kcal/cap/d | 12.38 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.04 kcal/cap/d | 2.49 kcal/cap/d | 14.44 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 4 Republic of Moldova 2.46 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 French Polynesia 14.77 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.46 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Saudi Arabia 13.83 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.26 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 New Caledonia 12.95 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Türkiye 1.71 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Viet Nam 1.24 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Greece 10.58 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Micronesia 0.99 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Gabon 9.41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 1.46 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Libya 9.31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 0.89 kcal/cap/d 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 infant food — food supply in Dominican Republic?
- Infant food — food supply in Dominican Republic was 11.62 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest infant food — food supply recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 14.44 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest infant food — food supply recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.49 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for infant food — food supply?
- Dominican Republic ranks 7th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is infant food — food supply rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.6%. 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 Infant food — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.