Arable land — Area, per capita in Dominica
Dominica: Arable land — Area, per capita was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Area, per capita in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, arable land — area, per capita in Dominica stood at 0.0001 1000 ha per person.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area, per capita in Dominica peaked at 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha per person, in 1995.
That places Dominica 109th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Arable land — Area, per capita in Dominica, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +12.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -16.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -19.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0 1000 ha per person | -25.0% |
| 1996 | 0 1000 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0 1000 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0 1000 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +33.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +25.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.5% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 0.0001 1000 ha per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0001 1000 ha per person, 78% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 0.0001 1000 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0001 1000 ha per person, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land — Area, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +33.8% | 0 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person |
| 2000 | +25.7% | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
More environment data for Dominica
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.0304 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 2.66 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area, per capita in Dominica?
- Arable land — area, per capita in Dominica was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest arable land — area, per capita recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest arable land — area, per capita recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha per person in 1995.
- How does Dominica rank for arable land — area, per capita?
- Dominica ranks 109th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area, per capita rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Arable land — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Arable land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Arable land — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Arable land — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Arable land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.