Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 390 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 390 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 460 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
That places Dominica 79th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +53.8% |
| 1979 | 310 ha | +55.0% |
| 1980 | 350 ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 320 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 325 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 350 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 330 ha | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 335 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 435 ha | +29.9% |
| 1991 | 340 ha | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 327 ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 410 ha | +25.4% |
| 1994 | 380 ha | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 417 ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 450 ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 434 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 436 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 460 ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 439 ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 437 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 436 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 427 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 423 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 419 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 416 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 413 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 410 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 407 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 403 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 400 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 398 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 396 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 390 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 387 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 404 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 393 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 399 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 386 ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 393 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 392 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 390 ha | -0.5% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 390 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 15% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 390 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 69% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested 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% | 200 ha | 310 ha |
| 1978 | +53.8% | 130 ha | 200 ha |
| 1990 | +29.9% | 335 ha | 435 ha |
| 1993 | +25.4% | 327 ha | 410 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110 ha | 100 ha | 120 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 143 ha | 100 ha | 310 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 337 ha | 320 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 402.9 ha | 327 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 428 ha | 410 ha | 460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 397.8 ha | 387 ha | 407 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 392 ha | 386 ha | 399 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 76 Costa Rica 592 ha compare
- 77 Bahamas 538 ha compare
- 78 Morocco 483 ha compare
- 80 Italy 388 ha compare
- 81 Guadeloupe 370 ha compare
- 82 New Caledonia 264 ha 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 in Dominica?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Dominica was 390 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 460 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 79th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. 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.