Yams — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Yams — Area harvested was 938 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Dominica stood at 938 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 949 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
Dominica ranks 37th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 219.44 ha | 200 ha | 240 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 292.5 ha | 245 ha | 410 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 400 ha | 350 ha | 463 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 452.6 ha | 300 ha | 530 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 502.6 ha | 450 ha | 641 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 816.3 ha | 560 ha | 949 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 936.4 ha | 932 ha | 939 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 34 Liberia 2,401 ha compare
- 35 Kenya 1,392 ha compare
- 36 Costa Rica 1,263 ha compare
- 38 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 485 ha compare
- 39 Puerto Rico 413 ha compare
- 40 Malaysia 396 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- Rural population, per capita 0.2601 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.16 % change on previous year (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 17,136 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.2% (2023)
- Rural population 26.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Dominica?
- Yams — area harvested in Dominica was 938 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 949 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for yams — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 37th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 Yams — 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.