Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 41,236 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cow peas, dry — area harvested in Caribbean is 41,236 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 108,914 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 40,325 ha, in 2004.
That places Caribbean 11th out of 23 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,375 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65,405 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 67,440 ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 70,380 ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 74,330 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 78,520 ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 78,770 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 80,767 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 80,536 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 82,503 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 82,623 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 84,681 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 82,586 ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 82,788 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 74,002 ha | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 70,737 ha | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 60,981 ha | -13.8% |
| 1978 | 103,385 ha | +69.5% |
| 1979 | 108,914 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 86,088 ha | -21.0% |
| 1981 | 85,957 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 85,821 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 86,154 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 86,134 ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 85,964 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 82,735 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 83,273 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 72,646 ha | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 63,569 ha | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 55,578 ha | -12.6% |
| 1991 | 50,588 ha | -9.0% |
| 1992 | 52,160 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 50,520 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 48,462 ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 43,482 ha | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 47,459 ha | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 50,407 ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 53,430 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 55,417 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 51,222 ha | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 50,377 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 47,665 ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 45,371 ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 40,325 ha | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 42,318 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 40,355 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 43,378 ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 43,639 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 43,140 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 42,947 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 42,698 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 42,394 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 42,421 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 42,471 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 42,543 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 42,404 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 42,239 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 41,864 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 41,466 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 41,193 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 41,379 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 41,527 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 41,387 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 41,236 ha | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +69.5% | 60,981 ha | 103,385 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,280 ha | 63,375 ha | 80,767 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,320 ha | 60,981 ha | 108,914 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 81,834 ha | 63,569 ha | 86,154 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,750 ha | 43,482 ha | 55,578 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,779 ha | 40,325 ha | 51,222 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,345 ha | 41,466 ha | 42,947 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,344 ha | 41,193 ha | 41,527 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Caribbean was 41,236 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 108,914 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,325 ha in 2004.
- How does Caribbean rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 11th out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — 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.