Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 1,212 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 1,212 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 1,247 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 365 ha, in 1961.
Dominica ranks 167th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 365 ha | — |
| 1962 | 365 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 370 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 385 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 390 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 420 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 440 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 465 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 470 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 475 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 480 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 485 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 490 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 495 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 725 ha | +46.5% |
| 1980 | 718 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 721 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 763 ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 780 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 704 ha | -9.7% |
| 1985 | 717 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 741 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 683 ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 670 ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 655 ha | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 685 ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 723 ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 688 ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 654 ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 652 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 677 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 675 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 692 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 703 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 724 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 729 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 741 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 748 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 743 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 730 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 740 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 761 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 764 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,007 ha | +31.8% |
| 2009 | 1,197 ha | +18.9% |
| 2010 | 1,033 ha | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 1,083 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 991 ha | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 1,214 ha | +22.5% |
| 2014 | 1,201 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 1,247 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1,184 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 1,199 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,235 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 1,203 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 1,213 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,213 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,209 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,212 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,212 ha | +0.0% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 1,212 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 3% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 1,212 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 16% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 | +46.5% | 495 ha | 725 ha |
| 2008 | +31.8% | 764 ha | 1,007 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 387.22 ha | 365 ha | 420 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 495.5 ha | 430 ha | 725 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 715.2 ha | 655 ha | 780 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 687.3 ha | 652 ha | 724 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 816 ha | 729 ha | 1,197 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,159 ha | 991 ha | 1,247 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,212 ha | 1,209 ha | 1,213 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 164 Eswatini 1,641 ha compare
- 165 Montenegro 1,588 ha compare
- 166 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,577 ha compare
- 168 Samoa 1,145 ha compare
- 169 Barbados 1,018 ha compare
- 169 French Guiana 1,018 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0093 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.123 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0069 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1534 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Dominica?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Dominica was 1,212 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,247 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 365 ha in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.