Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Haiti
Haiti: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 303,470 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Haiti, 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 Haiti is 303,470 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 53.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Haiti peaked at 655,762 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 243,781 ha, in 2019.
That places Haiti 107th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Haiti, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 452,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 453,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 453,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 459,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 460,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 462,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 468,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 463,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 480,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 483,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 487,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 491,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 429,000 ha | -12.6% |
| 1974 | 390,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 378,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 360,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 402,232 ha | +11.7% |
| 1978 | 465,843 ha | +15.8% |
| 1979 | 444,450 ha | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 413,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 391,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 376,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 410,000 ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 415,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 440,369 ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 480,140 ha | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 476,220 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 489,911 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 466,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 351,500 ha | -24.6% |
| 1991 | 405,000 ha | +15.2% |
| 1992 | 462,879 ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 445,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 460,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 445,899 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 423,200 ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 488,000 ha | +15.3% |
| 1998 | 440,673 ha | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 490,000 ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 462,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 439,200 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 408,500 ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 414,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 426,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 423,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 431,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 541,800 ha | +25.7% |
| 2008 | 437,000 ha | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 556,500 ha | +27.3% |
| 2010 | 641,290 ha | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 627,266 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 410,026 ha | -34.6% |
| 2013 | 578,678 ha | +41.1% |
| 2014 | 655,762 ha | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 438,176 ha | -33.2% |
| 2016 | 437,237 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 541,032 ha | +23.7% |
| 2018 | 585,101 ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 243,781 ha | -58.3% |
| 2020 | 323,531 ha | +32.7% |
| 2021 | 353,581 ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 321,430 ha | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 311,189 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 303,470 ha | -2.5% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 303,470 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 39% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 303,470 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 1.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -58.3% | 585,101 ha | 243,781 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 461,111 ha | 452,000 ha | 480,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 433,052 ha | 360,000 ha | 491,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 435,764 ha | 376,000 ha | 489,911 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 441,215 ha | 351,500 ha | 490,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 454,030 ha | 408,500 ha | 556,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 515,835 ha | 243,781 ha | 655,762 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 322,640 ha | 303,470 ha | 353,581 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 104 Estonia 349,200 ha compare
- 105 Namibia 332,033 ha compare
- 106 El Salvador 317,461 ha compare
- 108 Belgium-Luxembourg 300,668 ha compare
- 109 China, Taiwan Province of 291,168 ha compare
- 110 Liberia 290,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Haiti?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Haiti was 303,470 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 655,762 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 243,781 ha in 2019.
- How does Haiti rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Haiti ranks 107th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Haiti 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.