Yams — Production in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Yams — Production was 54,514 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Dominican Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — production in Dominican Republic is 54,514 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.0% on the previous year and up 116.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Dominican Republic peaked at 54,514 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,875 t, in 1987.
That places Dominican Republic 23rd out of 61 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.
Yams — Production in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 22,900 t | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 22,000 t | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 22,300 t | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 22,600 t | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 24,942 t | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 25,532 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 26,122 t | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 26,711 t | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 27,301 t | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 27,890 t | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 28,434 t | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 27,255 t | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 27,980 t | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 28,616 t | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 29,161 t | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 29,477 t | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 23,582 t | -20.0% |
| 1979 | 12,924 t | -45.2% |
| 1980 | 18,367 t | +42.1% |
| 1981 | 7,371 t | -59.9% |
| 1982 | 5,442 t | -26.2% |
| 1983 | 7,846 t | +44.2% |
| 1984 | 6,497 t | -17.2% |
| 1985 | 11,367 t | +75.0% |
| 1986 | 5,273 t | -53.6% |
| 1987 | 3,875 t | -26.5% |
| 1988 | 8,672 t | +123.8% |
| 1989 | 9,175 t | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 5,672 t | -38.2% |
| 1991 | 7,670 t | +35.2% |
| 1992 | 8,244 t | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 6,576 t | -20.2% |
| 1994 | 6,655 t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 10,796 t | +62.2% |
| 1996 | 14,429 t | +33.7% |
| 1997 | 10,616 t | -26.4% |
| 1998 | 12,935 t | +21.8% |
| 1999 | 11,046 t | -14.6% |
| 2000 | 13,582 t | +23.0% |
| 2001 | 18,042 t | +32.8% |
| 2002 | 22,060 t | +22.3% |
| 2003 | 24,664 t | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 16,351 t | -33.7% |
| 2005 | 15,374 t | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 25,056 t | +63.0% |
| 2007 | 28,642 t | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 28,920 t | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 27,507 t | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 26,958 t | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 28,196 t | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 28,584 t | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 26,734 t | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 25,181 t | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 29,048 t | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 30,478 t | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 33,447 t | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 32,255 t | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 33,238 t | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 31,049 t | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 32,333 t | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 38,827 t | +20.1% |
| 2023 | 48,673 t | +25.4% |
| 2024 | 54,514 t | +12.0% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 54,514 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,602 t, 5.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 54,514 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,119 t, 25.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +123.8% | 3,875 t | 8,672 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,756 t | 20,700 t | 26,711 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,262 t | 12,924 t | 29,477 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,388 t | 3,875 t | 18,367 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,464 t | 5,672 t | 14,429 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,020 t | 13,582 t | 28,920 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,412 t | 25,181 t | 33,447 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,079 t | 31,049 t | 54,514 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 20 Mali 116,158 t compare
- 21 Burkina Faso 64,047 t compare
- 22 Rwanda 57,419 t compare
- 24 South Sudan 54,216 t compare
- 25 Ethiopia 45,301 t compare
- 26 Solomon Islands 45,058 t 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 yams — production in Dominican Republic?
- Yams — production in Dominican Republic was 54,514 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 54,514 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,875 t in 1987.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for yams — production?
- Dominican Republic ranks 23rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Production. 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.