Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 4,996 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — yield in Caribbean stood at 4,996 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Caribbean peaked at 79,913 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 4,996 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Caribbean 26th out of 27 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,276 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,869 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1963 | 27,686 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 28,792 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 29,791 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 31,671 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 28,713 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 29,463 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 31,414 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 32,997 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 30,918 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 31,804 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 40,808 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1974 | 37,468 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 36,889 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 39,173 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 43,775 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1978 | 47,015 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 54,766 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1980 | 58,589 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 68,937 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1982 | 73,869 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1983 | 79,913 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 76,611 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 8,650 kg/ha | -88.7% |
| 1986 | 8,774 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 9,169 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 9,578 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 8,852 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1990 | 9,003 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 7,337 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1992 | 7,232 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 6,368 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1994 | 6,020 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 6,532 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 8,427 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1997 | 9,744 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1998 | 9,208 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 9,850 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 11,949 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2001 | 11,856 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 7,464 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2003 | 10,658 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 2004 | 11,784 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 9,367 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2006 | 7,888 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2007 | 9,170 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2008 | 8,432 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 8,339 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 8,328 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 7,861 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 8,529 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 8,388 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 7,484 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 7,892 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 5,720 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2017 | 5,630 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 5,608 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,433 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 5,344 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 5,260 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 5,324 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 5,034 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 4,996 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | -88.7% | 76,611 kg/ha | 8,650 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,630 kg/ha | 27,686 kg/ha | 31,671 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,561 kg/ha | 30,918 kg/ha | 54,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,294 kg/ha | 8,650 kg/ha | 79,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,972 kg/ha | 6,020 kg/ha | 9,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,691 kg/ha | 7,464 kg/ha | 11,949 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,087 kg/ha | 5,433 kg/ha | 8,529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,192 kg/ha | 4,996 kg/ha | 5,344 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — yield in Caribbean?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Caribbean was 4,996 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 79,913 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,996 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Caribbean rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.