Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Dominica
Dominica: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0059 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 0.0059 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Dominica peaked at 0.0067 ha per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0015 ha per person, in 1970.
That places Dominica 8th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0017 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0016 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0018 ha per person | +8.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0018 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0017 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0019 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0018 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0016 ha per person | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0016 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0015 ha per person | -10.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0016 ha per person | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0016 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0016 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0017 ha per person | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0017 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0017 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0018 ha per person | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0028 ha per person | +53.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0042 ha per person | +54.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0048 ha per person | +12.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0048 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0047 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0044 ha per person | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0044 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0045 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0049 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0049 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0047 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0048 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0062 ha per person | +30.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0049 ha per person | -21.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0047 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0059 ha per person | +25.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0055 ha per person | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0058 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 0.006 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0065 ha per person | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0063 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0063 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0067 ha per person | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0064 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0064 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0064 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0062 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0062 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0061 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.006 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.006 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.006 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0059 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0058 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0058 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0057 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0057 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0056 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0056 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0056 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0059 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0058 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0059 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0057 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0059 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0059 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0059 ha per person | -0.1% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 0.0059 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0004 ha per person, 16.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 0.0059 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 20.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Dominica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +54.5% | 0.0028 ha per person | 0.0042 ha per person |
| 1978 | +53.2% | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person |
| 1990 | +30.8% | 0.0048 ha per person | 0.0062 ha per person |
| 1993 | +25.2% | 0.0047 ha per person | 0.0059 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0042 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0047 ha per person | 0.0044 ha per person | 0.0049 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0058 ha per person | 0.0047 ha per person | 0.0065 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0062 ha per person | 0.006 ha per person | 0.0067 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0058 ha per person | 0.0056 ha per person | 0.0059 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0059 ha per person | 0.0057 ha per person | 0.0059 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Dominica?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Dominica was 0.0059 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0067 ha per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0015 ha per person in 1970.
- How does Dominica rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Dominica ranks 8th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.