Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 149 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago is 149 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 56.7% on the previous year and down 65.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 898 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 1986.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 74th of 93 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 365 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +9.6% |
| 1963 | 432 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 401 ha | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 376 ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 386 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 393 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 376 ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 395 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 380 ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 382 ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 368 ha | -8.0% |
| 1974 | 386 ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 380 ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 368 ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 330 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 200 ha | -39.4% |
| 1983 | 170 ha | -15.0% |
| 1984 | 140 ha | -17.6% |
| 1985 | 90 ha | -35.7% |
| 1986 | 40 ha | -55.6% |
| 1987 | 65 ha | +62.5% |
| 1988 | 150 ha | +130.8% |
| 1989 | 70 ha | -53.3% |
| 1990 | 230 ha | +228.6% |
| 1991 | 315 ha | +37.0% |
| 1992 | 150 ha | -52.4% |
| 1993 | 275 ha | +83.3% |
| 1994 | 270 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 200 ha | -25.9% |
| 1996 | 410 ha | +105.0% |
| 1997 | 400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 340 ha | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 315 ha | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 230 ha | -27.0% |
| 2001 | 75 ha | -67.4% |
| 2002 | 350 ha | +366.7% |
| 2003 | 278 ha | -20.6% |
| 2004 | 123 ha | -55.8% |
| 2005 | 306 ha | +148.8% |
| 2006 | 394 ha | +28.8% |
| 2007 | 665 ha | +68.8% |
| 2008 | 547 ha | -17.7% |
| 2009 | 898 ha | +64.2% |
| 2010 | 760 ha | -15.4% |
| 2011 | 804 ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 186 ha | -76.9% |
| 2013 | 400 ha | +115.1% |
| 2014 | 432 ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 276 ha | -36.1% |
| 2016 | 464 ha | +68.1% |
| 2017 | 510 ha | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 448 ha | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 329 ha | -26.6% |
| 2020 | 227 ha | -31.0% |
| 2021 | 175 ha | -22.9% |
| 2022 | 144 ha | -17.7% |
| 2023 | 344 ha | +138.9% |
| 2024 | 149 ha | -56.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 391.56 ha | 365 ha | 432 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 386.4 ha | 368 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 160.5 ha | 40 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 290.5 ha | 150 ha | 410 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 386.6 ha | 75 ha | 898 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 460.9 ha | 186 ha | 804 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 207.8 ha | 144 ha | 344 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 71 New Caledonia 190 ha compare
- 72 Suriname 169 ha compare
- 73 Guadeloupe 155 ha compare
- 75 Martinique 141 ha compare
- 76 Mauritius 107 ha compare
- 77 Bhutan 82 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 149 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 898 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 1986.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 74th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.