How have things changed? in Dominica
Dominica: How have things changed? was 989 metric tons in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
989 metric tons
Change on year
up 89.8%
World rank
192nd
of 215 countries
All-time high
1,545 metric tons
in 1982
All-time low
289.47 metric tons
in 2021
Years of data
60
1965–2024
How have things changed? in Dominica, 1965–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in metric tons.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 989 metric tons for how have things changed? in 2024.
The figure is up 89.8% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed? in Dominica peaked at 1,545 metric tons in 1982 and was at its lowest, 289.47 metric tons, in 2021.
That places Dominica 192nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 60 years of available data.
How have things changed? in Dominica, year by year
| Year | metric tons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 500 metric tons | — |
| 1966 | 500 metric tons | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 metric tons | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 600 metric tons | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 600 metric tons | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 metric tons | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 600 metric tons | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 700 metric tons | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 800 metric tons | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 900 metric tons | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 1,001 metric tons | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 1,024 metric tons | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 1,047 metric tons | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 1,070 metric tons | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 642 metric tons | -40.0% |
| 1980 | 1,445 metric tons | +125.1% |
| 1981 | 1,514 metric tons | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 1,545 metric tons | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 800 metric tons | -48.2% |
| 1984 | 700 metric tons | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 640 metric tons | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 644 metric tons | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 500 metric tons | -22.4% |
| 1988 | 500 metric tons | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 metric tons | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 458 metric tons | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 552 metric tons | +20.5% |
| 1992 | 717 metric tons | +29.9% |
| 1993 | 797 metric tons | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 885 metric tons | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 954 metric tons | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 1,034 metric tons | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 1,084 metric tons | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 1,217 metric tons | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 1,205 metric tons | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,207 metric tons | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1,212 metric tons | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,211 metric tons | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 963 metric tons | -20.5% |
| 2004 | 718 metric tons | -25.4% |
| 2005 | 598 metric tons | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 718 metric tons | +20.1% |
| 2007 | 701 metric tons | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 723 metric tons | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 796 metric tons | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 711 metric tons | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 668 metric tons | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 631 metric tons | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 533 metric tons | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 1,035 metric tons | +94.2% |
| 2015 | 996 metric tons | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 815 metric tons | -18.2% |
| 2017 | 784 metric tons | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 762 metric tons | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 860.4 metric tons | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 527.1 metric tons | -38.7% |
| 2021 | 289.47 metric tons | -45.1% |
| 2022 | 292.5 metric tons | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 521 metric tons | +78.1% |
| 2024 | 989 metric tons | +89.8% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 989 metric tons is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 39,945 metric tons, 2% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 989 metric tons is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,187 metric tons, 4% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed? in Dominica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +125.1% | 642 metric tons | 1,445 metric tons |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 540 metric tons | 500 metric tons | 600 metric tons | 5 |
| 1970s | 828.4 metric tons | 500 metric tons | 1,070 metric tons | 10 |
| 1980s | 878.8 metric tons | 500 metric tons | 1,545 metric tons | 10 |
| 1990s | 890.3 metric tons | 458 metric tons | 1,217 metric tons | 10 |
| 2000s | 884.7 metric tons | 598 metric tons | 1,212 metric tons | 10 |
| 2010s | 779.54 metric tons | 533 metric tons | 1,035 metric tons | 10 |
| 2020s | 523.81 metric tons | 289.47 metric tons | 989 metric tons | 5 |
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 how have things changed? in Dominica?
- How have things changed? in Dominica was 989 metric tons in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest how have things changed? recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,545 metric tons in 1982.
- What is the lowest how have things changed? recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 289.47 metric tons in 2021.
- How does Dominica rank for how have things changed??
- Dominica ranks 192nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is how have things changed? rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. 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 (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of How have things changed?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Change captured by a range of socioeconomic and environmental indicators, measured relative to the first year.