Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 701,378 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 701,378 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 1.25 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 693,475 ha, in 2023.
That places Caribbean 28th out of 29 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.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 853,331 ha | — |
| 1962 | 863,843 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 833,218 ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 759,914 ha | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 729,780 ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 727,841 ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 741,046 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 769,867 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 832,238 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 911,792 ha | +9.6% |
| 1971 | 878,555 ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 899,405 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 868,833 ha | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 804,327 ha | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 778,224 ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 771,493 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 800,537 ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 864,393 ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 832,885 ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 799,946 ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 768,400 ha | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 743,944 ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 792,285 ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 849,528 ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 856,953 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 887,229 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 881,004 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 876,619 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 877,849 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 714,278 ha | -18.6% |
| 1991 | 771,007 ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 831,001 ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 771,904 ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 857,869 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 852,953 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 929,154 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 1.01 million ha | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 922,178 ha | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 937,022 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 941,271 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 936,992 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 912,245 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 921,441 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 896,805 ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 893,165 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 877,577 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.00 million ha | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 907,101 ha | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 1.19 million ha | +30.9% |
| 2010 | 1.25 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 1.18 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 962,580 ha | -18.6% |
| 2013 | 1.16 million ha | +20.2% |
| 2014 | 1.21 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 895,721 ha | -26.1% |
| 2016 | 949,373 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 1.02 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 1.09 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 704,186 ha | -35.4% |
| 2020 | 743,925 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 772,699 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 707,982 ha | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 693,475 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 701,378 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 790,120 ha | 727,841 ha | 863,843 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 841,044 ha | 771,493 ha | 911,792 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 833,376 ha | 743,944 ha | 887,229 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 860,058 ha | 714,278 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 947,675 ha | 877,577 ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 million ha | 704,186 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 723,892 ha | 693,475 ha | 772,699 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 25 Philippines 7.10 million ha compare
- 26 Poland 7.08 million ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 1.64 million ha compare
- 27 Mali 6.30 million ha compare
- 28 Germany 5.74 million ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 124 ha compare
- 29 Spain 5.51 million ha compare
- 30 Romania 5.07 million ha compare
- 31 Ethiopia PDR 4.36 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Caribbean was 701,378 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 693,475 ha in 2023.
- How does Caribbean rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 28th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.1%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.