Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 115 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Dominica stood at 115 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 180 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 2011.
Dominica ranks 147th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110 ha | — |
| 1962 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 115 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 125 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 130 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 135 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 135 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 140 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 155 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 160 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 165 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 170 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 150 ha | -11.8% |
| 1986 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 119 ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 121 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 120 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 126 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 128 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 129 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 124 ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 128 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 129 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 128 ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 129 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 135 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 132 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 140 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 142 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 145 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 132 ha | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 128 ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 120 ha | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 100 ha | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 2013 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 119 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 118 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 118 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 118 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 118 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 118 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 118 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 117 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 116 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 115 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 115 ha | +0.0% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 115 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 0% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 115 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47,716 ha, 0% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118.89 ha | 110 ha | 130 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 143.5 ha | 130 ha | 155 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 151.5 ha | 120 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 123.5 ha | 110 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 134 ha | 128 ha | 145 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 116.9 ha | 100 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 116.2 ha | 115 ha | 118 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Dominica?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Dominica was 115 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 180 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 2011.
- How does Dominica rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 147th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.