Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Dominica
Dominica: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 32.62 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, agricultural land — share in land area in Dominica stood at 32.62 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Dominica peaked at 32.67 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 22.67 %, in 1961.
Dominica ranks 119th of 220 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.44 % | 22.67 % | 25.33 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.33 % | 25.33 % | 25.33 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.06 % | 24 % | 25.33 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.6 % | 22.67 % | 25.33 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.26 % | 28 % | 30 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.67 % | 32.67 % | 32.67 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.65 % | 32.62 % | 32.67 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Dominica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.258 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.2 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 2.27 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.54 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 2.13 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 6.27 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 141 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 141 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Dominica?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Dominica was 32.62 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 32.67 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.67 % in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Dominica ranks 119th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.