Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Dominica
Dominica: Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty was 1,682 kg per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Dominica, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Dominica is 1,682 kg per hectare, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Dominica peaked at 1,682 kg per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,333 kg per hectare, in 1993.
That places Dominica 136th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,347 kg per hectare | 1,333 kg per hectare | 1,364 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,388 kg per hectare | 1,333 kg per hectare | 1,448 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,581 kg per hectare | 1,400 kg per hectare | 1,667 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,664 kg per hectare | 1,644 kg per hectare | 1,682 kg per hectare | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Dominica
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.48 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 22.3% (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1143 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1143 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1435 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4605 (2015)
- Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 8,842 (2017)
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Dominica?
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty in Dominica was 1,682 kg per hectare in 2023, 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 cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,682 kg per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,333 kg per hectare in 1993.
- How does Dominica rank for cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty?
- Dominica ranks 136th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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 (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.