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
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominican Republic, 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
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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9861 | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 1.02 | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 0.9973 | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 1.14 | +14.6% |
| 1966 | 1.08 | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 1.12 | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 1.16 | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 1.03 | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 0.9914 | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 0.9451 | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 0.9591 | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.9092 | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 0.9299 | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 1.01 | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 0.9545 | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 0.9979 | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 0.9915 | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 1.06 | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 1.11 | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 1.1 | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.03 | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 0.9936 | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 1 | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 1.06 | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 1.06 | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.9383 | -11.4% |
| 1988 | 0.9624 | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.9284 | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 1.18 | +27.1% |
| 1991 | 1.21 | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 1.13 | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 1.12 | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1.19 | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 1.11 | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 1.06 | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 1.02 | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 1.04 | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 1.05 | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9914 | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8949 | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8632 | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6926 | -19.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7301 | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7778 | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.6626 | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6868 | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7176 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6814 | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5823 | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 0.549 | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5364 | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4968 | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4543 | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4525 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4439 | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4294 | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.4374 | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4255 | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4162 | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.4136 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3602 | -12.9% |
| 2023 | 0.3111 | -13.6% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 0.3111 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 0.3111 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 60% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Dominican Republic
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0601 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9595 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3273 (2050)
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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).