Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Dominica
Dominica: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.5227 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Dominica, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 0.5227 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Dominica peaked at 0.6133 ha per square kilometre in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1333 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
Dominica ranks 11th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1333 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1333 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.16 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 0.16 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1333 ha per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.16 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 0.16 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.16 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1733 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 0.2667 ha per square kilometre | +53.8% |
| 1979 | 0.4133 ha per square kilometre | +55.0% |
| 1980 | 0.4667 ha per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 0.4667 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4533 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.4267 ha per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 0.4267 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.4333 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4667 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 0.4667 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.44 ha per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 0.4467 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.58 ha per square kilometre | +29.9% |
| 1991 | 0.4533 ha per square kilometre | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 0.436 ha per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5467 ha per square kilometre | +25.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5067 ha per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 0.5333 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 0.556 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.6 ha per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 0.5787 ha per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5813 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6133 ha per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5853 ha per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 0.5827 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.5813 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5693 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.564 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5587 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5547 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5507 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5467 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5427 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5333 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.5333 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5307 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.528 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.52 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.516 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.5387 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.524 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.532 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5147 ha per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.524 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5227 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 0.5227 ha per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0267 ha per square kilometre, 19.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 0.5227 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0216 ha per square kilometre, 24.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +55.0% | 0.2667 ha per square kilometre | 0.4133 ha per square kilometre |
| 1978 | +53.8% | 0.1733 ha per square kilometre | 0.2667 ha per square kilometre |
| 1990 | +29.9% | 0.4467 ha per square kilometre | 0.58 ha per square kilometre |
| 1993 | +25.4% | 0.436 ha per square kilometre | 0.5467 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1467 ha per square kilometre | 0.1333 ha per square kilometre | 0.16 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1907 ha per square kilometre | 0.1333 ha per square kilometre | 0.4133 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4493 ha per square kilometre | 0.4267 ha per square kilometre | 0.4667 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5372 ha per square kilometre | 0.436 ha per square kilometre | 0.6 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5707 ha per square kilometre | 0.5467 ha per square kilometre | 0.6133 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5304 ha per square kilometre | 0.516 ha per square kilometre | 0.5427 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5233 ha per square kilometre | 0.5147 ha per square kilometre | 0.532 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 8 Tonga 0.9347 ha per square kilometre compare
- 9 Grenada 0.7441 ha per square kilometre compare
- 10 Equatorial Guinea 0.6797 ha per square kilometre compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 0.4674 ha per square kilometre compare
- 13 Cuba 0.3819 ha per square kilometre compare
- 14 Ghana 0.3467 ha per square kilometre 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Dominica?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Dominica was 0.5227 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6133 ha per square kilometre in 2000.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1333 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Dominica ranks 11th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.