Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 3,322 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Dominica, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Dominica stood at 3,322 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 4,307 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,970 ha, in 2003.
Dominica ranks 145th of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,875 ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 3,875 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,310 ha | -14.6% |
| 1991 | 3,390 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 3,780 ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 4,307 ha | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 4,100 ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 3,854 ha | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 4,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 3,700 ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 3,400 ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 3,450 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 3,396 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 3,130 ha | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 3,450 ha | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 1,970 ha | -42.9% |
| 2004 | 2,878 ha | +46.1% |
| 2005 | 3,037 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 3,450 ha | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 3,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 2,799 ha | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 2,625 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 2,900 ha | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 2,200 ha | -24.1% |
| 2012 | 2,800 ha | +27.3% |
| 2013 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,735 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 2,677 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 2,672 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 3,233 ha | +21.0% |
| 2018 | 2,865 ha | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 2,901 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,927 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,935 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 3,378 ha | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 3,402 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 3,322 ha | -2.4% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 3,322 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 15% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 3,322 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 11% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,650 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,875 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 3,729 ha | 3,310 ha | 4,307 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,024 ha | 1,970 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,778 ha | 2,200 ha | 3,233 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,193 ha | 2,927 ha | 3,402 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 142 Tonga 4,097 ha compare
- 143 Saudi Arabia 4,058 ha compare
- 144 Fiji 3,553 ha compare
- 146 Luxembourg 3,267 ha compare
- 147 Iraq 3,169 ha compare
- 148 Trinidad and Tobago 3,109 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0093 % 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 0.123 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0069 % 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 0.1534 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Dominica?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Dominica was 3,322 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 4,307 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,970 ha in 2003.
- How does Dominica rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 145th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.