Sorghum — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Sorghum — Area harvested was 219 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Dominican Republic stood at 219 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.9% on the previous year and down 82.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 17,744 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 156 ha, in 2022.
Dominican Republic ranks 92nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 320 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +212.5% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 3,900 ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 5,032 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 4,706 ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 5,260 ha | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 5,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,402 ha | -16.3% |
| 1979 | 7,862 ha | +78.6% |
| 1980 | 3,945 ha | -49.8% |
| 1981 | 6,013 ha | +52.4% |
| 1982 | 6,914 ha | +15.0% |
| 1983 | 14,402 ha | +108.3% |
| 1984 | 15,927 ha | +10.6% |
| 1985 | 17,200 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 16,363 ha | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 17,744 ha | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 13,919 ha | -21.6% |
| 1989 | 17,474 ha | +25.5% |
| 1990 | 8,730 ha | -50.0% |
| 1991 | 8,601 ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 6,750 ha | -21.5% |
| 1993 | 6,973 ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 6,197 ha | -11.1% |
| 1995 | 7,976 ha | +28.7% |
| 1996 | 4,725 ha | -40.8% |
| 1997 | 8,541 ha | +80.8% |
| 1998 | 3,346 ha | -60.8% |
| 1999 | 3,084 ha | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 1,934 ha | -37.3% |
| 2001 | 4,357 ha | +125.3% |
| 2002 | 2,661 ha | -38.9% |
| 2003 | 1,878 ha | -29.4% |
| 2004 | 2,867 ha | +52.7% |
| 2005 | 926 ha | -67.7% |
| 2006 | 302 ha | -67.4% |
| 2007 | 821 ha | +171.9% |
| 2008 | 265 ha | -67.7% |
| 2009 | 411 ha | +55.1% |
| 2010 | 544 ha | +32.4% |
| 2011 | 1,528 ha | +180.9% |
| 2012 | 1,356 ha | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 2,547 ha | +87.8% |
| 2014 | 1,237 ha | -51.4% |
| 2015 | 1,438 ha | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 766 ha | -46.7% |
| 2017 | 772 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 667 ha | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 497 ha | -25.5% |
| 2020 | 245 ha | -50.7% |
| 2021 | 223 ha | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 156 ha | -30.0% |
| 2023 | 194 ha | +24.4% |
| 2024 | 219 ha | +12.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 219 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 3% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 219 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 1% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,102 ha | 320 ha | 3,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,942 ha | 3,900 ha | 7,862 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,990 ha | 3,945 ha | 17,744 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,492 ha | 3,084 ha | 8,730 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,642 ha | 265 ha | 4,357 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,135 ha | 497 ha | 2,547 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 207.4 ha | 156 ha | 245 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 sorghum — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 219 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 17,744 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 156 ha in 2022.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 82.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — 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.