Meat, Total — Production in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Meat, Total — Production was 555,538 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Dominican Republic is 555,538 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Dominican Republic peaked at 562,401 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 53,946 t, in 1961.
Dominican Republic ranks 69th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Total — Production in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,946 t | — |
| 1962 | 55,479 t | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 56,011 t | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 57,844 t | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 56,576 t | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 59,808 t | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 60,541 t | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 67,873 t | +12.1% |
| 1969 | 70,356 t | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 71,038 t | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 78,188 t | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 85,353 t | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 89,152 t | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 88,285 t | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 93,403 t | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 101,315 t | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 102,204 t | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 115,764 t | +13.3% |
| 1979 | 123,962 t | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 128,854 t | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 118,007 t | -8.4% |
| 1982 | 117,083 t | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 133,788 t | +14.3% |
| 1984 | 146,360 t | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 159,440 t | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 163,169 t | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 174,249 t | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 201,361 t | +15.6% |
| 1989 | 211,112 t | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 214,574 t | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 228,793 t | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 259,998 t | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 266,119 t | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 227,833 t | -14.4% |
| 1995 | 265,756 t | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 284,021 t | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 276,145 t | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 295,527 t | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 306,791 t | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 342,202 t | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 451,969 t | +32.1% |
| 2002 | 434,656 t | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 394,851 t | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 413,594 t | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 495,682 t | +19.8% |
| 2006 | 541,481 t | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 562,401 t | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 512,365 t | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 526,755 t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 460,685 t | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 493,127 t | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 438,962 t | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 465,878 t | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 460,781 t | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 487,655 t | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 495,842 t | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 475,756 t | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 490,290 t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 500,757 t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 441,144 t | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 512,336 t | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 501,574 t | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 520,674 t | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 555,538 t | +6.7% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 555,538 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 286,984 t, 1.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 555,538 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 175,376 t, 3.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59,826 t | 53,946 t | 70,356 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 94,866 t | 71,038 t | 123,962 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 155,342 t | 117,083 t | 211,112 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 262,556 t | 214,574 t | 306,791 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 467,596 t | 342,202 t | 562,401 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 476,973 t | 438,962 t | 500,757 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 506,253 t | 441,144 t | 555,538 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 66 Paraguay 580,201 t compare
- 67 Sweden 570,910 t compare
- 68 Ethiopia PDR 559,202 t compare
- 70 Burkina Faso 552,048 t compare
- 71 Serbia 545,829 t compare
- 72 Papua New Guinea 531,162 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominican Republic
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1069 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2108 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Dominican Republic?
- Meat, total — production in Dominican Republic was 555,538 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 562,401 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,946 t in 1961.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for meat, total — production?
- Dominican Republic ranks 69th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. 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 Meat, Total — Production. 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.