Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 70 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 70 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.6% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 2,712 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1997.
Puerto Rico ranks 78th of 93 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,712 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,858 ha | -31.5% |
| 1963 | 1,858 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,768 ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 1,808 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 1,572 ha | -13.1% |
| 1967 | 1,611 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 1,414 ha | -12.2% |
| 1969 | 1,297 ha | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 1,258 ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 1,258 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,242 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 1,309 ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | -61.5% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 460 ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 430 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 393 ha | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 370 ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 340 ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 360 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 290 ha | -19.4% |
| 1985 | 290 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 290 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 290 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 305 ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 340 ha | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 260 ha | -18.8% |
| 1993 | 293 ha | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 50 ha | -82.9% |
| 1995 | 40 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 25 ha | -37.5% |
| 1997 | 20 ha | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 220 ha | +1000.0% |
| 1999 | 88 ha | -60.0% |
| 2000 | 77 ha | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 73 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 62 ha | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 60 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 49 ha | -18.3% |
| 2006 | 50 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 55 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 54 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 49 ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 44 ha | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 196 ha | +345.5% |
| 2013 | 33 ha | -83.2% |
| 2014 | 54 ha | +63.6% |
| 2015 | 55 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 69 ha | +25.5% |
| 2017 | 75 ha | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 94 ha | +25.3% |
| 2019 | 89 ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 81 ha | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 83 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 95 ha | +14.5% |
| 2023 | 85 ha | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 70 ha | -17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,766 ha | 1,297 ha | 2,712 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 875.7 ha | 430 ha | 1,309 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 326.8 ha | 290 ha | 393 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 161.6 ha | 20 ha | 320 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60 ha | 49 ha | 77 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.8 ha | 33 ha | 196 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.8 ha | 70 ha | 95 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 70 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 2,712 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1997.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 78th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.