Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Dominica
Dominica: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 19,454 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 19,454 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Dominica peaked at 36,575 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 19,130 kg/ha, in 1989.
That places Dominica 136th out of 152 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 — Yield in Dominica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 36,575 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 36,575 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 32,500 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 27,500 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 24,900 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 25,400 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 23,350 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 21,500 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 20,000 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,500 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 20,000 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 19,130 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 20,000 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 20,454 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 21,905 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 21,905 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 21,905 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 21,905 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 20,476 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 20,000 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19,974 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 19,842 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 19,719 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 19,621 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 19,534 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 19,467 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 19,428 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 19,499 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 19,490 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 19,472 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 19,454 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 19,454 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 19,454 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,089 kg/ha | 23,350 kg/ha | 36,575 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,200 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 21,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,913 kg/ha | 19,130 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,855 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 21,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,816 kg/ha | 19,467 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,468 kg/ha | 19,428 kg/ha | 19,499 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Dominica?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Dominica was 19,454 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 36,575 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,130 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Dominica rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Dominica ranks 136th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 — Yield. 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.