Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 124,436 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Cuba stood at 124,436 ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 81.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 151,670 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 40,000 ha, in 1980.
Cuba ranks 27th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 51,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 52,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 55,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 60,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 55,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1979 | 45,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1980 | 40,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 43,300 ha | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 46,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 54,800 ha | +19.1% |
| 1984 | 46,700 ha | -14.8% |
| 1985 | 44,600 ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 43,300 ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 53,600 ha | +23.8% |
| 1988 | 60,800 ha | +13.4% |
| 1989 | 66,700 ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 68,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 70,797 ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 72,592 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 91,056 ha | +25.4% |
| 1994 | 76,753 ha | -15.7% |
| 1995 | 83,933 ha | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 93,759 ha | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 103,115 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 102,447 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 87,324 ha | -14.8% |
| 2000 | 87,632 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 100,139 ha | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 63,300 ha | -36.8% |
| 2003 | 100,780 ha | +59.2% |
| 2004 | 124,477 ha | +23.5% |
| 2005 | 123,769 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 79,648 ha | -35.6% |
| 2007 | 57,385 ha | -28.0% |
| 2008 | 52,584 ha | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 59,582 ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 72,983 ha | +22.5% |
| 2011 | 81,273 ha | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 71,659 ha | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 73,025 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 68,700 ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 126,815 ha | +84.6% |
| 2016 | 149,662 ha | +18.0% |
| 2017 | 150,368 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 145,229 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 151,670 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 104,317 ha | -31.2% |
| 2021 | 105,956 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 116,776 ha | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 122,987 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 124,436 ha | +1.2% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 124,436 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,817 ha, 18.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 124,436 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,628 ha, 76.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +84.6% | 68,700 ha | 126,815 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,222 ha | 45,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,300 ha | 45,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,980 ha | 40,000 ha | 66,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 84,978 ha | 68,000 ha | 103,115 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 84,930 ha | 52,584 ha | 124,477 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 109,138 ha | 68,700 ha | 151,670 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114,894 ha | 104,317 ha | 124,436 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Cuba?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Cuba was 124,436 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 151,670 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1980.
- How does Cuba rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 27th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.