Dominican Republic - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Dominican Republic was 877,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,075,000 in 1986 and a minimum value of 720,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 720,000
1962 730,000
1963 740,000
1964 750,000
1965 760,000
1966 770,000
1967 780,000
1968 780,000
1969 815,000
1970 820,000
1971 826,000
1972 850,000
1973 865,000
1974 885,000
1975 915,000
1976 960,000
1977 990,000
1978 1,015,000
1979 1,040,000
1980 1,070,000
1981 1,075,000
1982 1,075,000
1983 1,075,000
1984 1,075,000
1985 1,075,000
1986 1,075,000
1987 991,000
1988 991,000
1989 995,000
1990 900,000
1991 900,000
1992 900,000
1993 900,000
1994 900,000
1995 930,000
1996 935,000
1997 860,000
1998 870,000
1999 850,000
2000 898,000
2001 898,000
2002 898,000
2003 820,000
2004 820,000
2005 820,000
2006 820,000
2007 820,000
2008 800,000
2009 800,000
2010 800,000
2011 800,000
2012 800,000
2013 800,000
2014 800,000
2015 877,000
2016 877,000
2017 877,000
2018 877,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Dominican Republic was 0.083 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.211 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.079 in 2014.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.211
1962 0.207
1963 0.203
1964 0.200
1965 0.196
1966 0.193
1967 0.189
1968 0.184
1969 0.186
1970 0.182
1971 0.179
1972 0.179
1973 0.177
1974 0.176
1975 0.178
1976 0.182
1977 0.183
1978 0.183
1979 0.183
1980 0.184
1981 0.181
1982 0.177
1983 0.173
1984 0.170
1985 0.166
1986 0.163
1987 0.147
1988 0.144
1989 0.142
1990 0.126
1991 0.124
1992 0.121
1993 0.119
1994 0.117
1995 0.119
1996 0.118
1997 0.106
1998 0.106
1999 0.102
2000 0.106
2001 0.104
2002 0.103
2003 0.093
2004 0.091
2005 0.090
2006 0.089
2007 0.088
2008 0.085
2009 0.084
2010 0.083
2011 0.082
2012 0.081
2013 0.080
2014 0.079
2015 0.085
2016 0.084
2017 0.083
2018 0.083

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Dominican Republic was 18.15 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 22.25 in 1986, while its lowest value was 14.90 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 14.90
1962 15.11
1963 15.32
1964 15.52
1965 15.73
1966 15.94
1967 16.15
1968 16.15
1969 16.87
1970 16.97
1971 17.10
1972 17.59
1973 17.91
1974 18.32
1975 18.94
1976 19.87
1977 20.49
1978 21.01
1979 21.53
1980 22.15
1981 22.25
1982 22.25
1983 22.25
1984 22.25
1985 22.25
1986 22.25
1987 20.51
1988 20.51
1989 20.60
1990 18.63
1991 18.63
1992 18.63
1993 18.63
1994 18.63
1995 19.25
1996 19.35
1997 17.80
1998 18.01
1999 17.59
2000 18.59
2001 18.59
2002 18.59
2003 16.97
2004 16.97
2005 16.97
2006 16.97
2007 16.97
2008 16.56
2009 16.56
2010 16.56
2011 16.56
2012 16.56
2013 16.56
2014 16.56
2015 18.15
2016 18.15
2017 18.15
2018 18.15

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use