Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 44,719 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 44,719 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.9% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Dominican Republic peaked at 78,781 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 24,829 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Dominican Republic 95th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,366 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 57,558 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1963 | 76,628 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1964 | 78,781 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 76,576 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 68,366 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 65,941 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 56,370 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1969 | 62,157 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 60,523 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 60,447 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 60,316 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 60,431 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 60,301 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 60,630 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 66,700 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 64,484 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 63,683 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 57,823 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1980 | 50,309 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1981 | 51,218 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 62,793 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1983 | 61,277 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 54,635 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 44,785 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 43,972 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 47,363 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 45,516 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 36,538 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1990 | 31,610 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1991 | 33,002 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 31,742 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 31,488 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 30,170 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 24,829 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1996 | 29,194 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1997 | 33,815 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 25,934 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1999 | 37,881 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 2000 | 37,881 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 37,881 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 38,803 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 57,081 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 2004 | 57,082 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 50,082 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 57,534 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 49,034 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2008 | 53,285 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 54,060 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 57,491 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 46,625 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2012 | 45,605 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 44,739 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 47,467 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 42,474 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 34,963 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2017 | 47,592 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 2018 | 47,685 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 39,597 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 43,014 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 44,545 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 51,794 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2023 | 49,606 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 44,719 kg/ha | -9.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 44,719 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 44,719 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,527 kg/ha | 56,370 kg/ha | 78,781 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,534 kg/ha | 57,823 kg/ha | 66,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,841 kg/ha | 36,538 kg/ha | 62,793 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,966 kg/ha | 24,829 kg/ha | 37,881 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,272 kg/ha | 37,881 kg/ha | 57,534 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,424 kg/ha | 34,963 kg/ha | 57,491 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,735 kg/ha | 43,014 kg/ha | 51,794 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Dominican Republic?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Dominican Republic was 44,719 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 78,781 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,829 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Dominican Republic ranks 95th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. 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 — 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.