Potatoes — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Potatoes — Area harvested was 4,299 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Dominican Republic stood at 4,299 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 17.9% on the previous year and up 70.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 4,299 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1961.
That places Dominican Republic 105th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 2,200 ha | +120.0% |
| 1965 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1967 | 2,900 ha | +16.0% |
| 1968 | 2,800 ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 3,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 4,100 ha | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 3,900 ha | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 3,100 ha | -20.5% |
| 1977 | 1,698 ha | -45.2% |
| 1978 | 1,698 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,509 ha | -11.1% |
| 1980 | 1,404 ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 1,418 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,171 ha | -17.4% |
| 1983 | 1,729 ha | +47.7% |
| 1984 | 1,136 ha | -34.3% |
| 1985 | 1,037 ha | -8.7% |
| 1986 | 1,023 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 2,211 ha | +116.1% |
| 1988 | 2,042 ha | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 2,564 ha | +25.6% |
| 1990 | 2,562 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 2,393 ha | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 4,014 ha | +67.7% |
| 1993 | 2,113 ha | -47.4% |
| 1994 | 1,918 ha | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 3,522 ha | +83.6% |
| 1996 | 2,363 ha | -32.9% |
| 1997 | 2,415 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 1,871 ha | -22.5% |
| 1999 | 2,653 ha | +41.8% |
| 2000 | 1,748 ha | -34.1% |
| 2001 | 3,520 ha | +101.4% |
| 2002 | 2,920 ha | -17.0% |
| 2003 | 2,684 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 2,049 ha | -23.7% |
| 2005 | 2,155 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 1,906 ha | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 1,932 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,661 ha | -14.0% |
| 2009 | 1,979 ha | +19.1% |
| 2010 | 2,207 ha | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 2,268 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 2,498 ha | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 2,522 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 2,516 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,731 ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 3,149 ha | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 3,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,321 ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 3,503 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 3,345 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 3,413 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 3,357 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 3,645 ha | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 4,299 ha | +17.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 4,299 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 27% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 4,299 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +120.0% | 1,000 ha | 2,200 ha |
| 1987 | +116.1% | 1,023 ha | 2,211 ha |
| 2001 | +101.4% | 1,748 ha | 3,520 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,089 ha | 900 ha | 3,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,030 ha | 1,509 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,574 ha | 1,023 ha | 2,564 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,582 ha | 1,871 ha | 4,014 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,255 ha | 1,661 ha | 3,520 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,786 ha | 2,207 ha | 3,503 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,612 ha | 3,345 ha | 4,299 ha | 5 |
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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 potatoes — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 4,299 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 4,299 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1961.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 105th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — 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.