Oranges — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Oranges — Area harvested was 752 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Dominica, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — area harvested in Dominica is 752 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 1,300 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 491 ha, in 1991.
That places Dominica 84th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1991 | 491 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 572 ha | +16.5% |
| 1993 | 496 ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 580 ha | +16.9% |
| 1995 | 670 ha | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | +64.2% |
| 1997 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1998 | 1,237 ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 1,163 ha | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 553 ha | -52.5% |
| 2001 | 561 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 550 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 554 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 550 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 547 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 568 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 727 ha | +28.0% |
| 2008 | 702 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 760 ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 621 ha | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 687 ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 654 ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 807 ha | +23.4% |
| 2014 | 807 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 790 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 773 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 726 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 763 ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 752 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 747 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 754 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 751 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 751 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 752 ha | +0.1% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 752 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,821 ha, 20% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 752 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,627 ha, 11% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested in Dominica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +64.2% | 670 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 2000 | -52.5% | 1,163 ha | 553 ha |
| 1986 | +40.0% | 500 ha | 700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 660 ha | 500 ha | 700 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 810.9 ha | 491 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 607.2 ha | 547 ha | 760 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 738 ha | 621 ha | 807 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 751 ha | 747 ha | 754 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 oranges — area harvested in Dominica?
- Oranges — area harvested in Dominica was 752 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 491 ha in 1991.
- How does Dominica rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 84th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oranges — Area harvested. 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.