Cereals, primary — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,747 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 3,747 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 77.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 9,789 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 1,070 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Puerto Rico 77th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,563 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 2,228 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,623 kg/ha | 2,638 kg/ha | 6,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,615 kg/ha | 1,238 kg/ha | 9,789 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,560 kg/ha | 1,070 kg/ha | 1,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,281 kg/ha | 1,989 kg/ha | 2,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,831 kg/ha | 2,110 kg/ha | 3,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,457 kg/ha | 3,284 kg/ha | 3,747 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
- Cereal production 3,952 metric tons (2023)
- Cereal yield 3,612 kg per hectare (2023)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 10 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Puerto Rico was 3,747 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 9,789 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,070 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 77th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.