Jamaica vs Puerto Rico: Avocados — Area harvested
Avocados — Area harvested over time
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 362 ha against 259 ha in Puerto Rico, a difference of 103 ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.4 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Jamaica ranks 42nd and Puerto Rico ranks 45th of 91 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 2 and Puerto Rico in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 530 ha | 1,050 ha | 520 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 495.8 ha | 853.3 ha | 357.5 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 436.9 ha | 844.2 ha | 407.3 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 383.9 ha | 282.6 ha | 101.3 ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 363.6 ha | 279.2 ha | 84.4 ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher avocados — area harvested, Jamaica or Puerto Rico?
- Jamaica, at 362 ha against 259 ha in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in avocados — area harvested between Jamaica and Puerto Rico?
- 103 ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Puerto Rico?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Puerto Rico rank globally for avocados — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 42nd and Puerto Rico ranks 45th of 91 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.