Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 4,733 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 4,733 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 4,758 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,675 ha, in 1961.
That places Dominica 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,675 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,696 ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 1,752 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 1,788 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 1,825 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 1,870 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 1,910 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 1,935 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 1,970 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 2,010 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 2,070 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 2,115 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 2,170 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 2,225 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 2,301 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 2,405 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 2,575 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 2,825 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 2,485 ha | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 2,620 ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 2,655 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,675 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 2,615 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 2,650 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 2,485 ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 2,608 ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 2,676 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 2,912 ha | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 3,308 ha | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 3,442 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 2,614 ha | -24.1% |
| 1992 | 2,472 ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 2,665 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 2,620 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 2,654 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 2,816 ha | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 2,890 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 2,889 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,927 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 3,026 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 2,998 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 3,012 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,999 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 3,010 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 3,025 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 3,159 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 3,045 ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 3,324 ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 3,868 ha | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 3,490 ha | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 3,623 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 4,181 ha | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 4,409 ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 4,536 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 4,530 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 4,561 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 4,592 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 4,679 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 4,758 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 4,754 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,717 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 4,743 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 4,738 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,733 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,825 ha | 1,675 ha | 1,970 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,318 ha | 2,010 ha | 2,825 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,720 ha | 2,485 ha | 3,308 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,799 ha | 2,472 ha | 3,442 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,147 ha | 2,998 ha | 3,868 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,336 ha | 3,490 ha | 4,758 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,737 ha | 4,717 ha | 4,754 ha | 5 |
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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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Dominica?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Dominica was 4,733 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 4,758 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,675 ha in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.