Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Dominica
Dominica: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 49,299 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — production in Dominica stood at 49,299 t.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Dominica peaked at 49,428 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 15,950 t, in 1961.
Dominica ranks 149th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Dominica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,950 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,160 t | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 16,770 t | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 17,030 t | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 17,400 t | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 17,800 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 18,150 t | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 18,450 t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 18,830 t | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 19,250 t | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 19,800 t | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 20,250 t | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 20,760 t | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 21,270 t | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 21,813 t | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 23,170 t | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 24,660 t | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 26,730 t | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 25,099 t | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 27,001 t | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 27,406 t | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 27,476 t | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 27,103 t | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 27,745 t | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 24,756 t | -10.8% |
| 1986 | 27,990 t | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 25,287 t | -9.7% |
| 1988 | 27,691 t | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 29,825 t | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 32,648 t | +9.5% |
| 1991 | 24,810 t | -24.0% |
| 1992 | 22,708 t | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 25,252 t | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 24,860 t | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 25,244 t | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 27,914 t | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 28,220 t | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 28,157 t | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 28,699 t | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 29,164 t | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 28,934 t | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 28,814 t | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 28,733 t | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 28,851 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 29,033 t | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 30,715 t | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 29,222 t | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 32,918 t | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 39,800 t | +20.9% |
| 2010 | 33,595 t | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 36,411 t | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 45,609 t | +25.3% |
| 2013 | 47,124 t | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 47,860 t | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 46,699 t | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 47,629 t | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 47,753 t | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 48,370 t | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 49,242 t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 49,428 t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 49,123 t | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 49,311 t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 49,331 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 49,299 t | -0.1% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 49,299 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 337,683 t, 15% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 49,299 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 147,895 t, 33% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Dominica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +25.3% | 36,411 t | 45,609 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,393 t | 15,950 t | 18,830 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,280 t | 19,250 t | 26,730 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,228 t | 24,756 t | 29,825 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,851 t | 22,708 t | 32,648 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,619 t | 28,733 t | 39,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,029 t | 33,595 t | 49,242 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,298 t | 49,123 t | 49,428 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0093 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.123 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0069 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1534 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Dominica?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Dominica was 49,299 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 49,428 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,950 t in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Dominica ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 — Production. 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.