Taro — Yield in Dominica
Dominica: Taro — Yield was 10,975 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Dominica is 10,975 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Dominica peaked at 12,249 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 9,794 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Dominica 18th out of 52 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.
Taro — Yield in Dominica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,833 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 10,041 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 9,985 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 9,964 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 11,433 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1980 | 11,500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 11,700 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 11,784 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 11,831 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 12,137 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 11,000 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 12,249 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1987 | 9,932 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1988 | 10,076 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 9,937 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 10,221 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 10,058 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 9,794 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 10,359 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 10,601 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 11,000 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 11,273 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 10,924 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 10,832 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 10,783 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 10,738 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 10,736 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 10,736 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,738 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10,741 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10,746 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,753 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 10,760 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 10,752 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 10,828 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 10,843 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 10,859 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 10,875 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 10,891 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 10,907 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 10,923 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 10,938 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 10,954 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 10,965 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 10,976 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 10,979 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10,974 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 10,976 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10,976 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 10,975 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 10,975 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,542 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 10,975 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,659 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,126 kg/ha | 9,833 kg/ha | 11,433 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,215 kg/ha | 9,932 kg/ha | 12,249 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,584 kg/ha | 9,794 kg/ha | 11,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,753 kg/ha | 10,736 kg/ha | 10,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,913 kg/ha | 10,843 kg/ha | 10,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,976 kg/ha | 10,974 kg/ha | 10,979 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 taro — yield in Dominica?
- Taro — yield in Dominica was 10,975 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 12,249 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,794 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Dominica rank for taro — yield?
- Dominica ranks 18th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Taro — 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.