Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Grenada
Grenada: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 178 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Grenada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Grenada is 178 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 54.4% on the previous year and down 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Grenada peaked at 730 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 178 ha, in 2024.
That places Grenada 165th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Grenada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 630 ha | — |
| 1962 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 620 ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 600 ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 570 ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 520 ha | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 450 ha | -13.5% |
| 1974 | 554 ha | +23.1% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 540 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 630 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 730 ha | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 606 ha | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 500 ha | -17.5% |
| 1981 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 1982 | 470 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 414 ha | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 414 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 410 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 250 ha | -39.0% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 255 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 260 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 265 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 330 ha | +24.5% |
| 1993 | 390 ha | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 350 ha | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 330 ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 300 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 288 ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 275 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 304 ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 307 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 318 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 318 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 315 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 320 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 328 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 333 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 340 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 347 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 350 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 413 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 353 ha | -14.5% |
| 2016 | 389 ha | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 387 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 387 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 385 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 385 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 387 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 389 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 390 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 178 ha | -54.4% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 178 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 0% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 178 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 0% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -54.4% | 390 ha | 178 ha |
| 1986 | -39.0% | 410 ha | 250 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 623.33 ha | 600 ha | 630 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 570 ha | 450 ha | 730 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 366.3 ha | 250 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 314.8 ha | 260 ha | 390 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 316.3 ha | 300 ha | 333 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 375.1 ha | 340 ha | 413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 345.8 ha | 178 ha | 390 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
- 162 Trinidad and Tobago 804 ha compare
- 163 New Caledonia 631 ha compare
- 164 Sao Tome and Principe 397 ha compare
- 166 Qatar 118 ha compare
- 167 Dominica 115 ha compare
- 168 Mauritius 108 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Grenada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.9004 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0254 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 307.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0888 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6333 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Grenada?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Grenada was 178 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 730 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 178 ha in 2024.
- How does Grenada rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Grenada ranks 165th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Grenada 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.