Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominica
Dominica: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.5457 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.5457
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
57th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.18
in 1962
All-time low
0.2659
in 1996
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominica, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominica stood at 0.5457.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominica peaked at 1.18 in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.2659, in 1996.
That places Dominica 57th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 1.18 | +17.9% |
| 1963 | 1.17 | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 0.9906 | -15.4% |
| 1965 | 0.8821 | -11.0% |
| 1966 | 0.7915 | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 0.7957 | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.736 | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 0.7064 | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 0.8076 | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 0.8383 | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.8393 | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.8985 | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 0.8247 | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 0.7893 | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 0.6972 | -11.7% |
| 1977 | 0.7002 | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.6357 | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 0.8498 | +33.7% |
| 1980 | 0.9627 | +13.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7712 | -19.9% |
| 1982 | 0.6354 | -17.6% |
| 1983 | 0.6406 | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.6165 | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6078 | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.5035 | -17.2% |
| 1987 | 0.4589 | -8.9% |
| 1988 | 0.3397 | -26.0% |
| 1989 | 0.388 | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 0.3901 | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.3327 | -14.7% |
| 1992 | 0.3452 | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.3365 | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 0.3837 | +14.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3152 | -17.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2659 | -15.6% |
| 1997 | 0.27 | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2775 | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3792 | +36.6% |
| 2000 | 0.4885 | +28.8% |
| 2001 | 0.5508 | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5544 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6007 | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5781 | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5955 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5642 | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 0.6034 | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.5277 | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 0.5723 | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 0.6709 | +17.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5961 | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5879 | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.555 | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 0.557 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.549 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5392 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5498 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5465 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5441 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5401 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5402 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5382 | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5457 | +1.4% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 0.5457 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 1.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 0.5457 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.917 | 0.7064 | 1.18 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.788 | 0.6357 | 0.8985 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5924 | 0.3397 | 0.9627 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3296 | 0.2659 | 0.3901 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5636 | 0.4885 | 0.6034 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5695 | 0.5392 | 0.6709 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5411 | 0.5382 | 0.5457 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
More reference data data for Dominica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0139 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 58.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 4.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0602 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0158 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.0207 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues 0.035 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0277 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominica?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominica was 0.5457 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 in 1962.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2659 in 1996.
- How does Dominica rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Dominica ranks 57th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).