Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 5,170 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 5,170 ha for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.4% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 5,747 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 749 ha, in 1961.
That places Caribbean 20th out of 27 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.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 749 ha | — |
| 1962 | 760 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 781 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 768 ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 779 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 812 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 870 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 838 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 851 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 915 ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 973 ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 1,022 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 1,045 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 1,195 ha | +14.4% |
| 1975 | 1,208 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 1,178 ha | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 1,270 ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 1,198 ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 1,217 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 1,202 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 1,161 ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 859 ha | -26.0% |
| 1983 | 944 ha | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 1,086 ha | +15.0% |
| 1985 | 1,305 ha | +20.2% |
| 1986 | 1,636 ha | +25.4% |
| 1987 | 2,107 ha | +28.8% |
| 1988 | 2,416 ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 1,903 ha | -21.2% |
| 1990 | 1,397 ha | -26.6% |
| 1991 | 1,954 ha | +39.9% |
| 1992 | 2,276 ha | +16.5% |
| 1993 | 1,942 ha | -14.7% |
| 1994 | 2,584 ha | +33.1% |
| 1995 | 2,439 ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 2,483 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 1,957 ha | -21.2% |
| 1998 | 1,891 ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 2,173 ha | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 1,906 ha | -12.3% |
| 2001 | 3,003 ha | +57.6% |
| 2002 | 3,019 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 3,423 ha | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 4,333 ha | +26.6% |
| 2005 | 4,127 ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 4,470 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 4,061 ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 5,225 ha | +28.7% |
| 2009 | 5,747 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 5,159 ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 5,485 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 4,950 ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 4,979 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 4,299 ha | -13.7% |
| 2015 | 4,137 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 4,360 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 4,542 ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 4,740 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 4,802 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 4,095 ha | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 4,006 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 4,196 ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 4,600 ha | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 5,170 ha | +12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 800.89 ha | 749 ha | 870 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,122 ha | 915 ha | 1,270 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,462 ha | 859 ha | 2,416 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,110 ha | 1,397 ha | 2,584 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,931 ha | 1,906 ha | 5,747 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,745 ha | 4,137 ha | 5,485 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,413 ha | 4,006 ha | 5,170 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 17 Ghana 6,461 ha compare
- 18 Iraq 5,972 ha compare
- 19 Mali 4,963 ha compare
- 20 Dominican Republic 4,677 ha compare
- 21 Azerbaijan 4,586 ha compare
- 22 Kazakhstan 4,473 ha compare
- 23 Morocco 4,258 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Caribbean was 5,170 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 5,747 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 749 ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 20th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.