Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 1.56 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
1.56 t per square kilometre
Change on year
up 20.6%
World rank
25th
of 99 countries
All-time high
1.97 t per square kilometre
in 1972
All-time low
0.4018 t per square kilometre
in 1982
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Dominican Republic, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Dominican Republic is 1.56 t per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 20.6% on the previous year and up 52.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Dominican Republic peaked at 1.97 t per square kilometre in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.4018 t per square kilometre, in 1982.
Dominican Republic ranks 25th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.49 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.58 t per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 1.55 t per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 1.6 t per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 1.59 t per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 1.6 t per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 1.55 t per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1968 | 1.61 t per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 1.74 t per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 1.8 t per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 1.88 t per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 1.97 t per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 1.72 t per square kilometre | -12.4% |
| 1974 | 1.56 t per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 1.42 t per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 1.55 t per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 0.9688 t per square kilometre | -37.5% |
| 1978 | 1.26 t per square kilometre | +29.7% |
| 1979 | 0.8993 t per square kilometre | -28.4% |
| 1980 | 1.06 t per square kilometre | +17.6% |
| 1981 | 0.662 t per square kilometre | -37.4% |
| 1982 | 0.4018 t per square kilometre | -39.3% |
| 1983 | 0.6637 t per square kilometre | +65.2% |
| 1984 | 1.09 t per square kilometre | +64.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9346 t per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7176 t per square kilometre | -23.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7803 t per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8789 t per square kilometre | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 0.793 t per square kilometre | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7325 t per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 1991 | 0.931 t per square kilometre | +27.1% |
| 1992 | 1.09 t per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 1993 | 0.6455 t per square kilometre | -40.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7967 t per square kilometre | +23.4% |
| 1995 | 0.9917 t per square kilometre | +24.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8639 t per square kilometre | -12.9% |
| 1997 | 0.5976 t per square kilometre | -30.8% |
| 1998 | 0.9156 t per square kilometre | +53.2% |
| 1999 | 1.1 t per square kilometre | +19.7% |
| 2000 | 0.7621 t per square kilometre | -30.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6692 t per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 0.6694 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.7016 t per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.5715 t per square kilometre | -18.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7527 t per square kilometre | +31.7% |
| 2006 | 0.5949 t per square kilometre | -21.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7535 t per square kilometre | +26.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7921 t per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9759 t per square kilometre | +23.2% |
| 2010 | 1.1 t per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9625 t per square kilometre | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9209 t per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1.02 t per square kilometre | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9277 t per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8551 t per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 1.01 t per square kilometre | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 1.01 t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.09 t per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 1.14 t per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 1.19 t per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 1.21 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.29 t per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 1.56 t per square kilometre | +20.6% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 1.56 t per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4644 t per square kilometre, 3.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 1.56 t per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1715 t per square kilometre, 9.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.59 t per square kilometre | 1.49 t per square kilometre | 1.74 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.5 t per square kilometre | 0.8993 t per square kilometre | 1.97 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7981 t per square kilometre | 0.4018 t per square kilometre | 1.09 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8662 t per square kilometre | 0.5976 t per square kilometre | 1.1 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7243 t per square kilometre | 0.5715 t per square kilometre | 0.9759 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 t per square kilometre | 0.8551 t per square kilometre | 1.14 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 t per square kilometre | 1.19 t per square kilometre | 1.56 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 22 Philippines 1.76 t per square kilometre compare
- 23 Papua New Guinea 1.62 t per square kilometre compare
- 24 Angola 1.6 t per square kilometre compare
- 26 Guinea 1.53 t per square kilometre compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 1.41 t per square kilometre compare
- 28 Cameroon 1.28 t per square kilometre compare
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 sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Dominican Republic?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Dominican Republic was 1.56 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1.97 t per square kilometre in 1972.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4018 t per square kilometre in 1982.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Dominican Republic ranks 25th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production 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 — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production 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 — Production 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.