Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Bahamas
Bahamas: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 33 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Bahamas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 33 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Bahamas peaked at 105 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 13 ha, in 2000.
Bahamas ranks 81st of 93 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 ha | — |
| 1962 | 62 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 65 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 67 ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 70 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 72 ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 75 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 78 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 80 ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 82 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 84 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 85 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 86 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 88 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 90 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 92 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 95 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 97 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 95 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 105 ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 95 ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 85 ha | -10.5% |
| 1989 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 75 ha | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 60 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 57 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 55 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 50 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 47 ha | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 45 ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 46 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 40 ha | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 25 ha | -37.5% |
| 2000 | 13 ha | -48.0% |
| 2001 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 15 ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 16 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 30 ha | +66.7% |
| 2009 | 36 ha | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 39 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 39 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 40 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 41 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 41 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 28 ha | -31.7% |
| 2016 | 37 ha | +32.1% |
| 2017 | 35 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 33 ha | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 35 ha | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 33 ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 32 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 33 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 33 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 109.5 ha, 30% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 33 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,628 ha, 2% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +66.7% | 18 ha | 30 ha |
| 2000 | -48.0% | 25 ha | 13 ha |
| 1999 | -37.5% | 40 ha | 25 ha |
| 2016 | +32.1% | 28 ha | 37 ha |
| 2015 | -31.7% | 41 ha | 28 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.89 ha | 60 ha | 80 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 89.4 ha | 82 ha | 97 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 95.5 ha | 85 ha | 105 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50 ha | 25 ha | 75 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.3 ha | 13 ha | 36 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.8 ha | 28 ha | 41 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.2 ha | 32 ha | 35 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 78 Puerto Rico 70 ha compare
- 79 Belize 62 ha compare
- 80 Samoa 38 ha compare
- 82 Brunei Darussalam 24 ha compare
- 83 Barbados 23 ha compare
- 84 Seychelles 20 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Bahamas?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Bahamas was 33 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 105 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 ha in 2000.
- How does Bahamas rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Bahamas ranks 81st out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — 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.