Avocados — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Avocados — Area harvested was 91,541 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 91,541 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 9.9% on the previous year and up 61.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 102,269 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,078 ha, in 1969.
Caribbean ranks 9th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,040 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 2,050 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 2,180 ha | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 1,880 ha | -13.8% |
| 1966 | 1,430 ha | -23.9% |
| 1967 | 1,780 ha | +24.5% |
| 1968 | 1,495 ha | -16.0% |
| 1969 | 1,078 ha | -27.9% |
| 1970 | 1,550 ha | +43.8% |
| 1971 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 1,710 ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 1,770 ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 1,710 ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 2,136 ha | +24.9% |
| 1976 | 1,900 ha | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 1,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 1978 | 1,960 ha | +15.3% |
| 1979 | 1,570 ha | -19.9% |
| 1980 | 1,470 ha | -6.4% |
| 1981 | 1,300 ha | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 1,670 ha | +28.5% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 1,620 ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 28,055 ha | +1631.8% |
| 1986 | 28,027 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 27,960 ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 27,930 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 27,897 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 12,799 ha | -54.1% |
| 1991 | 12,303 ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 11,852 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 12,160 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 12,765 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 16,074 ha | +25.9% |
| 1996 | 17,207 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 14,464 ha | -15.9% |
| 1998 | 16,202 ha | +12.0% |
| 1999 | 16,921 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 15,855 ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 18,482 ha | +16.6% |
| 2002 | 21,988 ha | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 30,586 ha | +39.1% |
| 2004 | 31,431 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 26,287 ha | -16.4% |
| 2006 | 32,675 ha | +24.3% |
| 2007 | 32,412 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 27,077 ha | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 32,889 ha | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 44,108 ha | +34.1% |
| 2011 | 45,812 ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 49,198 ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 55,412 ha | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 56,858 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 73,073 ha | +28.5% |
| 2016 | 102,269 ha | +40.0% |
| 2017 | 94,691 ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 87,073 ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 78,459 ha | -9.9% |
| 2020 | 67,903 ha | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 68,422 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 70,846 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 83,272 ha | +17.5% |
| 2024 | 91,541 ha | +9.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +1631.8% | 1,620 ha | 28,055 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,770 ha | 1,078 ha | 2,180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,761 ha | 1,550 ha | 2,136 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,763 ha | 1,300 ha | 28,055 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,275 ha | 11,852 ha | 17,207 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,968 ha | 15,855 ha | 32,889 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,695 ha | 44,108 ha | 102,269 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,397 ha | 67,903 ha | 91,541 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 6 Haiti 34,225 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,047 ha compare
- 7 Chile 33,025 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,484 ha compare
- 8 Kenya 32,000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 5,850 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,305 ha compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 29,630 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia 29,595 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 724 ha compare
- 11 Brazil 25,310 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 344 ha compare
- 12 Australia 25,293 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 146 ha compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Avocados — area harvested in Caribbean was 91,541 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 102,269 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,078 ha in 1969.
- How does Caribbean rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 9th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.