Rice — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Rice — Area harvested was 187,682 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Dominican Republic stood at 187,682 ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 197,836 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 58,000 ha, in 1961.
Dominican Republic ranks 38th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 60,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 76,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 1966 | 76,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 80,625 ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 88,060 ha | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 84,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 83,028 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 74,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1972 | 66,800 ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 65,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 67,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 88,800 ha | +31.9% |
| 1976 | 114,200 ha | +28.6% |
| 1977 | 112,591 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 102,500 ha | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 109,375 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 112,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 111,130 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 103,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 105,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 117,000 ha | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 110,301 ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 98,012 ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 113,426 ha | +15.7% |
| 1988 | 100,063 ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 104,568 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 89,361 ha | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 96,933 ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 63,013 ha | -35.0% |
| 1993 | 88,337 ha | +40.2% |
| 1994 | 80,665 ha | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 101,995 ha | +26.4% |
| 1996 | 103,055 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 105,478 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 111,123 ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 124,720 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 125,381 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 147,430 ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 150,374 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 131,128 ha | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 133,961 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 153,386 ha | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 152,313 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 155,675 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 161,288 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 182,012 ha | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 178,430 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 174,738 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 160,903 ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 160,370 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 163,157 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 159,423 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 164,186 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 174,389 ha | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 192,604 ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 178,727 ha | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 183,179 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 191,194 ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 197,836 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 187,527 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 187,682 ha | +0.1% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 187,682 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 4.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 187,682 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 3.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +40.2% | 63,013 ha | 88,337 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,743 ha | 58,000 ha | 88,060 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 88,429 ha | 65,700 ha | 114,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,450 ha | 98,012 ha | 117,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,468 ha | 63,013 ha | 124,720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 149,295 ha | 125,381 ha | 182,012 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 170,693 ha | 159,423 ha | 192,604 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 189,484 ha | 183,179 ha | 197,836 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 rice — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Rice — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 187,682 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 197,836 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for rice — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 38th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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 Rice — 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.