Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 47,716 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Dominican Republic is 47,716 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.2% on the previous year and up 97.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 52,868 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 18,950 ha, in 2008.
That places Dominican Republic 102nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,631 ha | 25,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,506 ha | 25,000 ha | 47,547 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,522 ha | 21,338 ha | 52,868 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,522 ha | 24,000 ha | 33,543 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,821 ha | 18,950 ha | 31,031 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,216 ha | 20,858 ha | 29,267 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,642 ha | 28,504 ha | 47,716 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Dominican Republic
- Agriculture share gdp 4.6 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.6 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Rural population 27.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 3.17 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.86 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.04 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 47,716 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 52,868 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,950 ha in 2008.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 102nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 97.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.