Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 74,712 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 74,712 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.7% on the previous year and up 87.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 74,712 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22,860 ha, in 1982.
Dominican Republic ranks 69th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 46,700 ha | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 44,900 ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 47,400 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 47,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 48,100 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 48,666 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 50,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 54,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 54,910 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 58,900 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 63,200 ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 64,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 63,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 61,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 57,300 ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 58,134 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 61,519 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 41,231 ha | -33.0% |
| 1980 | 36,581 ha | -11.3% |
| 1981 | 32,897 ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 22,860 ha | -30.5% |
| 1983 | 30,102 ha | +31.7% |
| 1984 | 32,765 ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 35,600 ha | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 38,569 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 32,872 ha | -14.8% |
| 1988 | 37,957 ha | +15.5% |
| 1989 | 37,038 ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 34,984 ha | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 31,233 ha | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 45,520 ha | +45.7% |
| 1993 | 29,062 ha | -36.2% |
| 1994 | 30,781 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 44,529 ha | +44.7% |
| 1996 | 38,992 ha | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 32,013 ha | -17.9% |
| 1998 | 36,783 ha | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 38,964 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 35,230 ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 34,670 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 36,244 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 35,492 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 27,999 ha | -21.1% |
| 2005 | 30,219 ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 32,181 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 32,891 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 29,289 ha | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 37,947 ha | +29.6% |
| 2010 | 41,370 ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 40,740 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 40,111 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 41,388 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 39,815 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 39,601 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 41,625 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 43,073 ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 41,216 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 43,213 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 41,029 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 41,312 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 57,686 ha | +39.6% |
| 2023 | 68,136 ha | +18.1% |
| 2024 | 74,712 ha | +9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,885 ha | 42,900 ha | 54,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,419 ha | 41,231 ha | 64,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,724 ha | 22,860 ha | 38,569 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,286 ha | 29,062 ha | 45,520 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,216 ha | 27,999 ha | 37,947 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,215 ha | 39,601 ha | 43,213 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,575 ha | 41,029 ha | 74,712 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 74,712 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 74,712 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,860 ha in 1982.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 69th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.6%. 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 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.