Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 103,454 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plantains and cooking bananas — 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Dominican Republic is 103,454 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.5% on the previous year and up 123.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 103,454 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23,563 ha, in 1999.
Dominican Republic ranks 11th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 53,600 ha | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 54,800 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 55,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 55,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 56,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 49,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 49,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 58,200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1970 | 60,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 60,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 59,100 ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 60,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 59,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 58,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 62,600 ha | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 59,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1978 | 64,200 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 61,100 ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 63,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 66,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 63,200 ha | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 63,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 64,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 63,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 65,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 61,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 59,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 64,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 31,547 ha | -50.7% |
| 1991 | 35,425 ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 41,243 ha | +16.4% |
| 1993 | 39,434 ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 39,783 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 35,594 ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 38,750 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 39,948 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 33,525 ha | -16.1% |
| 1999 | 23,563 ha | -29.7% |
| 2000 | 35,242 ha | +49.6% |
| 2001 | 39,676 ha | +12.6% |
| 2002 | 41,051 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 42,619 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 36,183 ha | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 39,833 ha | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 44,489 ha | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 46,823 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 37,063 ha | -20.8% |
| 2009 | 41,968 ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 41,929 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 44,285 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 45,109 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 45,415 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 46,244 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 45,701 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 46,868 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 47,555 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 48,352 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 48,977 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 45,055 ha | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 48,416 ha | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 73,717 ha | +52.3% |
| 2023 | 85,143 ha | +15.5% |
| 2024 | 103,454 ha | +21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,111 ha | 49,000 ha | 58,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,490 ha | 58,000 ha | 64,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,300 ha | 59,000 ha | 66,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,881 ha | 23,563 ha | 41,243 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,495 ha | 35,242 ha | 46,823 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,044 ha | 41,929 ha | 48,977 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,157 ha | 45,055 ha | 103,454 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 41,631 ha compare
- 8 Ecuador 134,450 ha compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 641,598 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 114,996 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 609 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 609 ha compare
- 10 Myanmar 105,786 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 558 ha compare
- 12 Cuba 69,733 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 292 ha compare
- 13 Gabon 50,998 ha compare
- 14 Central African Republic 43,257 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 103,454 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 103,454 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,563 ha in 1999.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 11th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.7%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.