Cereals, primary — Production in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Cereals, primary — Production was 784.4 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Trinidad and Tobago is 784.4 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 140.6% on the previous year and down 73.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 25,522 t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 125 t, in 2022.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 166th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,560 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,300 t | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 13,200 t | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 13,100 t | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 12,200 t | -6.9% |
| 1966 | 12,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 12,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 12,179 t | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 11,547 t | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 11,885 t | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 14,166 t | +19.2% |
| 1972 | 16,022 t | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 15,561 t | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 22,025 t | +41.5% |
| 1975 | 24,886 t | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 25,432 t | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 24,937 t | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 17,705 t | -29.0% |
| 1979 | 20,317 t | +14.8% |
| 1980 | 12,723 t | -37.4% |
| 1981 | 6,141 t | -51.7% |
| 1982 | 6,403 t | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 6,216 t | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 6,946 t | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 6,960 t | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 7,421 t | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 9,609 t | +29.5% |
| 1988 | 10,479 t | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 15,008 t | +43.2% |
| 1990 | 16,913 t | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 19,100 t | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 25,522 t | +33.6% |
| 1993 | 21,204 t | -16.9% |
| 1994 | 22,313 t | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 14,604 t | -34.5% |
| 1996 | 22,245 t | +52.3% |
| 1997 | 11,627 t | -47.7% |
| 1998 | 11,577 t | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 4,110 t | -64.5% |
| 2000 | 7,231 t | +75.9% |
| 2001 | 5,073 t | -29.8% |
| 2002 | 7,178 t | +41.5% |
| 2003 | 4,675 t | -34.9% |
| 2004 | 1,720 t | -63.2% |
| 2005 | 2,082 t | +21.0% |
| 2006 | 1,555 t | -25.3% |
| 2007 | 2,413 t | +55.2% |
| 2008 | 2,677 t | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 2,226 t | -16.8% |
| 2010 | 2,259 t | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 2,663 t | +17.9% |
| 2012 | 2,122 t | -20.3% |
| 2013 | 2,859 t | +34.7% |
| 2014 | 2,912 t | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,900 t | -34.8% |
| 2016 | 1,823 t | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 1,620 t | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 586 t | -63.8% |
| 2019 | 575 t | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 734 t | +27.7% |
| 2021 | 351.1 t | -52.2% |
| 2022 | 125 t | -64.4% |
| 2023 | 326 t | +160.8% |
| 2024 | 784.4 t | +140.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,510 t | 11,547 t | 13,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,294 t | 11,885 t | 25,432 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,791 t | 6,141 t | 15,008 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,921 t | 4,110 t | 25,522 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,683 t | 1,555 t | 7,231 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,932 t | 575 t | 2,912 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 464.1 t | 125 t | 784.4 t | 5 |
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Cereals, primary — production in Trinidad and Tobago was 784.4 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 25,522 t in 1992.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 t in 2022.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 166th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Cereals, primary — Production. 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.