Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.3111 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.3111
Change on year
down 13.6%
World rank
99th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.21
in 1991
All-time low
0.3111
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominican Republic, 1961–2023

0.40.60.811.2196119922023

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

Dominican Republic recorded 0.3111 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of down 13.6% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominican Republic peaked at 1.21 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.3111, in 2023.

Dominican Republic ranks 99th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.06 0.9861 1.16 9
1970s 0.9752 0.9092 1.06 10
1980s 1.02 0.9284 1.11 10
1990s 1.11 1.02 1.21 10
2000s 0.7699 0.6626 0.9914 10
2010s 0.4808 0.4255 0.5823 10
2020s 0.3753 0.3111 0.4162 4

Countries ranked near Dominican Republic

  1. 96 Senegal 0.3294 compare
  2. 97 Togo 0.328 compare
  3. 98 Nicaragua 0.314 compare
  4. 100 United States 0.3106 compare
  5. 101 Cote d'Ivoire 0.308 compare
  6. 102 Comoros 0.3043 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominican Republic?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominican Republic was 0.3111 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 Dominican Republic?
The highest recorded value was 1.21 in 1991.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Dominican Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3111 in 2023.
How does Dominican Republic rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Dominican Republic ranks 99th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Dominican Republic 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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About this data

Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
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
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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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).