Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 5,011 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 5,011 ha.
That represents a change of up 7.0% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 5,558 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 501 ha, in 1962.
That places Caribbean 27th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 506 ha | — |
| 1962 | 501 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 597 ha | +19.2% |
| 1964 | 963 ha | +61.3% |
| 1965 | 1,076 ha | +11.7% |
| 1966 | 1,198 ha | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 1,643 ha | +37.1% |
| 1968 | 1,673 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 1,623 ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 1,851 ha | +14.0% |
| 1971 | 2,085 ha | +12.6% |
| 1972 | 2,479 ha | +18.9% |
| 1973 | 2,415 ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 2,329 ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 2,026 ha | -13.0% |
| 1976 | 2,758 ha | +36.1% |
| 1977 | 2,234 ha | -19.0% |
| 1978 | 2,443 ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 2,672 ha | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 2,919 ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 3,143 ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 2,984 ha | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 3,267 ha | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 2,888 ha | -11.6% |
| 1985 | 2,483 ha | -14.0% |
| 1986 | 2,330 ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 2,939 ha | +26.1% |
| 1988 | 2,718 ha | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 2,983 ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 2,704 ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 2,706 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 2,884 ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 3,038 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 3,288 ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 3,445 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 3,710 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 2,726 ha | -26.5% |
| 1998 | 3,140 ha | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 3,152 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 2,561 ha | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 2,885 ha | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 2,571 ha | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 2,856 ha | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 2,383 ha | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 2,723 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 2,728 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,303 ha | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 2,856 ha | +24.0% |
| 2009 | 2,573 ha | -9.9% |
| 2010 | 2,699 ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 5,558 ha | +105.9% |
| 2012 | 4,991 ha | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 5,487 ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 3,747 ha | -31.7% |
| 2015 | 3,755 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,838 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 3,679 ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 3,797 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 3,859 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,857 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,262 ha | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 4,247 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 4,683 ha | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 5,011 ha | +7.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +105.9% | 2,699 ha | 5,558 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,087 ha | 501 ha | 1,673 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,329 ha | 1,851 ha | 2,758 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,865 ha | 2,330 ha | 3,267 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,079 ha | 2,704 ha | 3,710 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,644 ha | 2,303 ha | 2,885 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,141 ha | 2,699 ha | 5,558 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,412 ha | 3,857 ha | 5,011 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
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- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 14.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 11.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 7.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 9.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Caribbean was 5,011 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 5,558 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 501 ha in 1962.
- How does Caribbean rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 27th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.