Avocados — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Avocados — Yield was 3,168 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Avocados — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 3,168 kg/ha for avocados — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 10,211 kg/ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 2,113 kg/ha, in 2018.
Puerto Rico ranks 67th of 69 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,071 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,818 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 5,114 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 5,941 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1965 | 5,837 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 5,837 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,906 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 5,902 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 10,211 kg/ha | +73.0% |
| 1970 | 5,405 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 1971 | 5,189 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 5,328 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 5,730 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 5,218 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 4,540 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1976 | 3,859 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 4,124 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 4,629 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1979 | 3,629 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1980 | 3,654 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 3,579 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 4,069 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1983 | 3,558 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1984 | 3,335 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1985 | 3,446 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 3,758 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 3,737 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 4,620 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1989 | 4,061 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1990 | 4,161 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 3,868 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 3,694 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 3,502 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 3,430 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 3,034 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1996 | 3,013 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 3,060 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 3,039 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 2,997 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 2,996 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,022 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 3,037 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 3,007 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 2,872 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 2,632 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 2,654 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,608 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 2,575 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 2,816 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 2,847 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 2,886 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,915 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2,800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 3,000 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 2,677 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 2,684 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,795 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 2,113 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2019 | 2,826 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2020 | 3,348 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 3,757 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 4,673 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2023 | 4,287 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 3,168 kg/ha | -26.1% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 3,168 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,047 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 3,168 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,908 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +73.0% | 5,902 kg/ha | 10,211 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -47.1% | 10,211 kg/ha | 5,405 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,071 kg/ha | 4,818 kg/ha | 10,211 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,765 kg/ha | 3,629 kg/ha | 5,730 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,782 kg/ha | 3,335 kg/ha | 4,620 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,380 kg/ha | 2,997 kg/ha | 4,161 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,822 kg/ha | 2,575 kg/ha | 3,037 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,754 kg/ha | 2,113 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,847 kg/ha | 3,168 kg/ha | 4,673 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 64 Sri Lanka 3,571 kg/ha compare
- 65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,404 kg/ha compare
- 66 Philippines 3,400 kg/ha compare
- 68 Bhutan 2,169 kg/ha compare
- 69 French Polynesia 1,406 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Avocados — yield in Puerto Rico was 3,168 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 10,211 kg/ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,113 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for avocados — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 67th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.