Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 110,649 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Dominican Republic is 110,649 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 234,005 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 72,400 ha, in 1965.
That places Dominican Republic 29th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 119,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140,500 ha | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 96,600 ha | -31.2% |
| 1964 | 98,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 72,400 ha | -26.7% |
| 1966 | 97,100 ha | +34.1% |
| 1967 | 107,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1968 | 100,900 ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 134,000 ha | +32.8% |
| 1970 | 143,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 165,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 163,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 167,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 168,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 154,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 163,900 ha | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 172,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 174,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 178,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 180,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 188,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 188,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 188,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 188,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 188,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 175,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 180,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 184,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 215,000 ha | +16.8% |
| 1990 | 206,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 210,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 217,873 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 234,005 ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 207,414 ha | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 219,202 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 210,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 195,007 ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 196,534 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 117,536 ha | -40.2% |
| 2000 | 119,076 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 127,523 ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 132,787 ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 87,932 ha | -33.8% |
| 2004 | 97,050 ha | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 97,001 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 83,369 ha | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 101,248 ha | +21.4% |
| 2008 | 90,940 ha | -10.2% |
| 2009 | 85,484 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 79,615 ha | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 99,613 ha | +25.1% |
| 2012 | 106,690 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 106,646 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 106,044 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 106,780 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 113,853 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 114,742 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 121,827 ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 123,643 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 123,618 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 123,595 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 111,980 ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 114,296 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 110,649 ha | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107,422 ha | 72,400 ha | 140,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 164,830 ha | 143,000 ha | 178,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 187,400 ha | 175,000 ha | 215,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 201,357 ha | 117,536 ha | 234,005 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 102,241 ha | 83,369 ha | 132,787 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 107,945 ha | 79,615 ha | 123,643 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 116,828 ha | 110,649 ha | 123,618 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.6 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 110,649 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 234,005 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,400 ha in 1965.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 29th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.