Sorghum — Yield in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Sorghum — Yield was 1,406 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — 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 sorghum — yield in Dominican Republic is 1,406 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Dominican Republic peaked at 4,000 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 1,290 kg/ha, in 2014.
Dominican Republic ranks 58th of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,125 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 3,571 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1964 | 3,750 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 3,500 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 2,667 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1967 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,333 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,487 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 3,750 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 4,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 3,400 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1974 | 3,358 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 3,612 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 3,422 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 3,612 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 2,803 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1979 | 2,885 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 2,742 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 3,188 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1982 | 2,616 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1983 | 2,947 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1984 | 2,697 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 2,744 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 2,786 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 2,749 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 2,835 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 2,911 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 2,401 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1991 | 1,930 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1992 | 2,570 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1993 | 2,171 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1994 | 2,023 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 2,433 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1996 | 2,685 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 2,547 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 2,412 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 2,538 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 2,491 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 2,896 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2002 | 1,938 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2003 | 2,108 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 1,969 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 2,053 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 2,050 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,793 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 2,174 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2009 | 1,934 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 2,114 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 1,467 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2012 | 1,458 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,530 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 1,290 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2015 | 1,317 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,481 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 1,496 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,478 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,408 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 1,453 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,444 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,439 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,484 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 1,406 kg/ha | -5.3% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 1,406 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 1,406 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,216 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,433 kg/ha | 2,803 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,822 kg/ha | 2,616 kg/ha | 3,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,371 kg/ha | 1,930 kg/ha | 2,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,141 kg/ha | 1,793 kg/ha | 2,896 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,504 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | 2,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,445 kg/ha | 1,406 kg/ha | 1,484 kg/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 — yield in Dominican Republic?
- Sorghum — yield in Dominican Republic was 1,406 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,290 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for sorghum — yield?
- Dominican Republic ranks 58th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 Sorghum — 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.