Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Dominica
Dominica: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 4,908 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — production in Dominica stood at 4,908 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Dominica peaked at 7,315 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 4,000 t, in 1971.
That places Dominica 128th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Dominica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 6,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,315 t | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 7,315 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,500 t | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 5,500 t | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 4,980 t | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 5,080 t | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 4,670 t | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 4,300 t | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 4,000 t | -7.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,100 t | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 4,400 t | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 4,600 t | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 4,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,800 t | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 5,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,900 t | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 4,800 t | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 4,700 t | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 4,400 t | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 4,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 4,400 t | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 4,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 4,600 t | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 4,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,300 t | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 4,400 t | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 4,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,800 t | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 4,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,802 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4,836 t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,853 t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 4,868 t | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,869 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4,869 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4,873 t | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,890 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 4,894 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,901 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,908 t | +0.1% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 4,908 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.50 million t, 0% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 4,908 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.60 million t, 0% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,018 t | 4,670 t | 7,315 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,080 t | 4,000 t | 4,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,780 t | 4,400 t | 5,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,490 t | 4,300 t | 4,600 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,520 t | 4,400 t | 4,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,830 t | 4,800 t | 4,869 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,893 t | 4,873 t | 4,908 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 125 Guinea-Bissau 7,008 t compare
- 126 French Guiana 6,967 t compare
- 127 Grenada 5,236 t compare
- 129 North Macedonia 4,246 t compare
- 130 French Polynesia 3,572 t compare
- 131 Uzbekistan 1,858 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2601 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Dominica?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Dominica was 4,908 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 7,315 t in 1963.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 t in 1971.
- How does Dominica rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Dominica ranks 128th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.