Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 9,412 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — yield in Puerto Rico is 9,412 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 24,653 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6,108 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Puerto Rico 77th out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 23,276 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 23,384 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 23,585 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 23,933 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 23,808 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 24,653 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 21,893 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 20,258 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 19,481 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 18,252 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 12,947 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1996 | 12,334 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 12,730 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 10,684 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1999 | 7,588 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2000 | 8,018 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 7,001 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 6,108 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2003 | 9,181 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 2004 | 11,146 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2005 | 10,762 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 10,203 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 9,902 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 9,547 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 8,879 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 8,534 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 8,239 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 7,885 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 7,752 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 7,122 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 7,875 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 7,683 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 7,418 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 7,982 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 8,967 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2020 | 9,839 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 10,277 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 12,219 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2023 | 10,050 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2024 | 9,412 kg/ha | -6.3% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 9,412 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,826 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 9,412 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,008 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +50.3% | 6,108 kg/ha | 9,181 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23,597 kg/ha | 23,276 kg/ha | 23,933 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 16,082 kg/ha | 7,588 kg/ha | 24,653 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,075 kg/ha | 6,108 kg/ha | 11,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,946 kg/ha | 7,122 kg/ha | 8,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,360 kg/ha | 9,412 kg/ha | 12,219 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Puerto Rico was 9,412 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 24,653 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,108 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 77th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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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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.