Maize (corn) — Yield in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,916 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Maize (corn) — Yield in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 1,916 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Dominican Republic peaked at 2,019 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 1,027 kg/ha, in 1994.
Dominican Republic ranks 116th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,435 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,514 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 1,519 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 1,440 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1965 | 1,500 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 1,700 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 1,542 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 1,445 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 1,536 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 1,731 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 1,885 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 1,923 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 1,864 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 1,683 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 1,845 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 2,019 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 1,871 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1978 | 1,389 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1979 | 1,176 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1980 | 1,278 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 1,385 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 1,299 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 1,414 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 1,763 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1985 | 1,649 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 1,475 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1987 | 1,400 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 1,680 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 1,589 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 1,648 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 1,622 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 1,376 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1993 | 1,410 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 1,027 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1995 | 1,403 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1996 | 1,358 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 1,177 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 1,300 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 1,263 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 1,234 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 1,339 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 1,296 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 1,418 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 1,492 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 1,421 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 1,390 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 1,335 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 1,453 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 1,464 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1,682 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 1,623 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 1,568 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 1,576 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,486 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 1,450 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 1,647 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 1,712 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 1,708 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,703 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,794 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 1,799 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,846 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,920 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 1,916 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 1,916 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 1,916 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,515 kg/ha | 1,435 kg/ha | 1,700 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,738 kg/ha | 1,176 kg/ha | 2,019 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,493 kg/ha | 1,278 kg/ha | 1,763 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,359 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 1,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,384 kg/ha | 1,234 kg/ha | 1,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,615 kg/ha | 1,450 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,855 kg/ha | 1,794 kg/ha | 1,920 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 114 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg/ha compare
- 115 Afghanistan 1,926 kg/ha compare
- 117 Cuba 1,913 kg/ha compare
- 118 Costa Rica 1,898 kg/ha compare
- 119 Honduras 1,896 kg/ha 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 maize (corn) — yield in Dominican Republic?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Dominican Republic was 1,916 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2,019 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,027 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Dominican Republic ranks 116th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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) — Yield. 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.