Avocados — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Avocados — Production was 1.43 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — production in Caribbean stood at 1.43 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 17.2% on the previous year and up 130.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — production in Caribbean peaked at 1.43 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74,952 t, in 1996.
That places Caribbean 7th out of 27 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 193,119 t | — |
| 1962 | 193,861 t | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 198,099 t | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 208,573 t | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 204,190 t | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 185,373 t | -9.2% |
| 1967 | 202,539 t | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 193,783 t | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 197,090 t | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 199,169 t | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 197,127 t | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 205,788 t | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 210,015 t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 213,708 t | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 218,988 t | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 218,891 t | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 217,892 t | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 225,770 t | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 219,613 t | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 207,018 t | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 212,855 t | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 226,897 t | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 229,327 t | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 227,009 t | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 214,225 t | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 219,366 t | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 213,884 t | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 204,746 t | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 216,980 t | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 85,583 t | -60.6% |
| 1991 | 91,639 t | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 76,467 t | -16.6% |
| 1993 | 77,978 t | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 91,750 t | +17.7% |
| 1995 | 110,894 t | +20.9% |
| 1996 | 74,952 t | -32.4% |
| 1997 | 96,650 t | +28.9% |
| 1998 | 122,346 t | +26.6% |
| 1999 | 132,907 t | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 142,623 t | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 169,475 t | +18.8% |
| 2002 | 211,700 t | +24.9% |
| 2003 | 339,359 t | +60.3% |
| 2004 | 284,142 t | -16.3% |
| 2005 | 180,245 t | -36.6% |
| 2006 | 284,217 t | +57.7% |
| 2007 | 254,051 t | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 245,773 t | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 252,926 t | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 361,215 t | +42.8% |
| 2011 | 379,068 t | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 381,746 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 487,420 t | +27.7% |
| 2014 | 622,508 t | +27.7% |
| 2015 | 726,393 t | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 964,976 t | +32.8% |
| 2017 | 949,216 t | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 910,716 t | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 876,173 t | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 803,750 t | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 816,245 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 920,621 t | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 1.22 million t | +32.9% |
| 2024 | 1.43 million t | +17.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -60.6% | 216,980 t | 85,583 t |
| 2003 | +60.3% | 211,700 t | 339,359 t |
| 2006 | +57.7% | 180,245 t | 284,217 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,403 t | 185,373 t | 208,573 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 212,696 t | 197,127 t | 225,770 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 217,231 t | 204,746 t | 229,327 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,117 t | 74,952 t | 132,907 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 236,451 t | 142,623 t | 339,359 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 665,943 t | 361,215 t | 964,976 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 million t | 803,750 t | 1.43 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 4 Peru 919,602 t compare
- 5 Indonesia 919,509 t compare
- 5 Viet Nam 191,662 t compare
- 6 Kenya 585,000 t compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 127,456 t compare
- 7 Brazil 427,457 t compare
- 7 Türkiye 64,500 t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 62,006 t compare
- 8 Israel 246,971 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12,523 t compare
- 9 Ethiopia 201,892 t compare
- 10 Haiti 197,249 t compare
- 10 Melanesia 5,886 t compare
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — production in Caribbean?
- Avocados — production in Caribbean was 1.43 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 74,952 t in 1996.
- How does Caribbean rank for avocados — production?
- Caribbean ranks 7th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.3%. 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 — Production. 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.