What is the highest arable land recorded in Dominica?

The highest recorded value was 0.1313 hectares per person in 1962.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Dominica?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0432 hectares per person in 1995.

How does Dominica rank for arable land?

Dominica ranks 116th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Dominica?

Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in Dominica

Name: Arable land in Dominica
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Dominica: Arable land was 0.0902 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0902 hectares per person

Change on year

up 0.5%

World rank

116th

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.1313 hectares per person

in 1962

All-time low

0.0432 hectares per person

in 1995

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Dominica, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for arable land in Dominica is 0.0902 hectares per person, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Dominica peaked at 0.1313 hectares per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0432 hectares per person, in 1995.

That places Dominica 116th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.1171 hectares per person	0.103 hectares per person	0.1313 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.0984 hectares per person	0.0959 hectares per person	0.1016 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.0835 hectares per person	0.0708 hectares per person	0.0959 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0534 hectares per person	0.0432 hectares per person	0.0718 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.0743 hectares per person	0.0726 hectares per person	0.0871 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0868 hectares per person	0.0852 hectares per person	0.0884 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0895 hectares per person	0.0888 hectares per person	0.0902 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Dominica

113 Luxembourg 0.092 hectares per person compare
114 Venezuela 0.0919 hectares per person compare
115 Liberia 0.091 hectares per person compare
117 Mauritania 0.0896 hectares per person compare
118 Congo 0.089 hectares per person compare
119 United Kingdom 0.0882 hectares per person compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Dominica

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
Agricultural raw materials imports 2.2% (2023)
Rural population 26.0% (2025)
Rural population growth -2.2% (2025)
Rural population 17,136 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.1% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 87.61 million current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 115 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 1,682 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 193.13 metric tons (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Dominica?: Arable land in Dominica was 0.0902 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Dominica?: The highest recorded value was 0.1313 hectares per person in 1962.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Dominica?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0432 hectares per person in 1995.
How does Dominica rank for arable land?: Dominica ranks 116th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Dominica?: Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Dominica data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.