Rice — Yield in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Rice — Yield was 5,104 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Dominican Republic is 5,104 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Dominican Republic peaked at 8,977 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,919 kg/ha, in 1962.
Dominican Republic ranks 36th of 114 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 — Yield in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,946 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,919 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 1,964 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 2,201 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1965 | 2,203 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 2,341 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 2,077 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1968 | 2,060 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 2,321 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1970 | 2,529 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 2,865 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 3,204 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1973 | 3,438 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 3,855 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1975 | 2,462 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 1976 | 2,734 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 2,736 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 3,425 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1979 | 3,444 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 3,551 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 3,604 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 4,339 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1983 | 4,767 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 4,337 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 4,476 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 4,659 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 4,478 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 4,209 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 4,535 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 4,785 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 4,809 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 8,977 kg/ha | +86.7% |
| 1993 | 5,010 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 1994 | 4,659 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 4,772 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 4,602 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 4,821 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 4,271 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1999 | 4,542 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 4,637 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 4,895 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 4,859 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 4,639 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 4,304 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 4,205 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 4,686 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 4,811 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 4,827 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 4,286 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 4,765 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 5,006 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 4,127 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2013 | 4,512 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 5,017 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 5,170 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 5,218 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 5,190 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 5,012 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 5,144 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 5,103 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 5,264 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 5,086 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 4,936 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 5,104 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 5,104 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 5,104 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,675 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +86.7% | 4,809 kg/ha | 8,977 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,115 kg/ha | 1,919 kg/ha | 2,341 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,069 kg/ha | 2,462 kg/ha | 3,855 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,295 kg/ha | 3,551 kg/ha | 4,767 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,125 kg/ha | 4,271 kg/ha | 8,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,615 kg/ha | 4,205 kg/ha | 4,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,916 kg/ha | 4,127 kg/ha | 5,218 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,098 kg/ha | 4,936 kg/ha | 5,264 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 33 Bangladesh 5,291 kg/ha compare
- 34 Indonesia 5,290 kg/ha compare
- 35 Kazakhstan 5,224 kg/ha compare
- 37 Afghanistan 5,062 kg/ha compare
- 38 Ukraine 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 39 Mauritania 4,878 kg/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 rice — yield in Dominican Republic?
- Rice — yield in Dominican Republic was 5,104 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 8,977 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,919 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for rice — yield?
- Dominican Republic ranks 36th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.