Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 158,289 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Cuba stood at 158,289 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and down 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 419,902 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 140,000 ha, in 1966.
Cuba ranks 121st of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 275,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 294,072 ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 263,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1964 | 178,969 ha | -32.0% |
| 1965 | 145,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 1966 | 140,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 146,367 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 173,900 ha | +18.8% |
| 1969 | 222,300 ha | +27.8% |
| 1970 | 303,300 ha | +36.4% |
| 1971 | 274,100 ha | -9.6% |
| 1972 | 297,657 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 331,460 ha | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 295,086 ha | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 261,503 ha | -11.4% |
| 1976 | 240,040 ha | -8.2% |
| 1977 | 228,760 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 228,733 ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 224,478 ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 225,354 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 222,400 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 228,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 227,100 ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 238,600 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 237,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 248,600 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 231,295 ha | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 229,477 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 245,421 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 230,425 ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 222,271 ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 252,411 ha | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 191,958 ha | -24.0% |
| 1994 | 272,237 ha | +41.8% |
| 1995 | 254,958 ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 357,452 ha | +40.2% |
| 1997 | 373,420 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 329,930 ha | -11.6% |
| 1999 | 289,690 ha | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 326,773 ha | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 312,470 ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 320,561 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 337,417 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 304,417 ha | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 285,839 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 267,397 ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 277,892 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 285,011 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 419,902 ha | +47.3% |
| 2010 | 402,165 ha | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 351,512 ha | -12.6% |
| 2012 | 358,162 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 380,298 ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 361,651 ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 267,044 ha | -26.2% |
| 2016 | 316,736 ha | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 275,444 ha | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 282,416 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 248,240 ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 204,418 ha | -17.7% |
| 2021 | 193,455 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 150,553 ha | -22.2% |
| 2023 | 147,911 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 158,289 ha | +7.0% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 158,289 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 45% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 158,289 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 93% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 204,290 ha | 140,000 ha | 294,072 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 268,512 ha | 224,478 ha | 331,460 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 233,415 ha | 222,400 ha | 248,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 277,475 ha | 191,958 ha | 373,420 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 313,768 ha | 267,397 ha | 419,902 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 324,367 ha | 248,240 ha | 402,165 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 170,925 ha | 147,911 ha | 204,418 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 224,321 ha compare
- 119 Portugal 191,630 ha compare
- 120 Guyana 170,633 ha compare
- 122 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 153,500 ha compare
- 123 North Macedonia 149,249 ha compare
- 124 Georgia 148,643 ha compare
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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Cuba?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Cuba was 158,289 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 419,902 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Cuba rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 121st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. 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 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.