Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 188 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago is 188 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 493 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1965.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 62nd out of 97 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 80 ha | -30.4% |
| 1965 | 50 ha | -37.5% |
| 1966 | 70 ha | +40.0% |
| 1967 | 120 ha | +71.4% |
| 1968 | 95 ha | -20.8% |
| 1969 | 90 ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 138 ha | +15.0% |
| 1974 | 190 ha | +37.7% |
| 1975 | 174 ha | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 170 ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 160 ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 156 ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 155 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 155 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 140 ha | -9.7% |
| 1982 | 155 ha | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 120 ha | -22.6% |
| 1984 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 90 ha | -25.0% |
| 1989 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 70 ha | -22.2% |
| 1991 | 204 ha | +191.4% |
| 1992 | 274 ha | +34.3% |
| 1993 | 317 ha | +15.7% |
| 1994 | 391 ha | +23.3% |
| 1995 | 313 ha | -19.9% |
| 1996 | 238 ha | -24.0% |
| 1997 | 386 ha | +62.2% |
| 1998 | 314 ha | -18.7% |
| 1999 | 228 ha | -27.4% |
| 2000 | 162 ha | -28.9% |
| 2001 | 313 ha | +93.2% |
| 2002 | 322 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 490 ha | +52.2% |
| 2004 | 482 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 493 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 367 ha | -25.6% |
| 2007 | 358 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 408 ha | +14.0% |
| 2009 | 195 ha | -52.2% |
| 2010 | 116 ha | -40.5% |
| 2011 | 403 ha | +247.4% |
| 2012 | 167 ha | -58.6% |
| 2013 | 158 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 184 ha | +16.5% |
| 2015 | 181 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 128 ha | -29.3% |
| 2017 | 155 ha | +21.1% |
| 2018 | 299 ha | +92.9% |
| 2019 | 230 ha | -23.1% |
| 2020 | 333 ha | +44.8% |
| 2021 | 247 ha | -25.8% |
| 2022 | 361 ha | +46.2% |
| 2023 | 192 ha | -46.8% |
| 2024 | 188 ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92.22 ha | 50 ha | 120 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 145.3 ha | 90 ha | 190 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 120 ha | 90 ha | 155 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 273.5 ha | 70 ha | 391 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 359 ha | 162 ha | 493 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 202.1 ha | 116 ha | 403 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 264.2 ha | 188 ha | 361 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 188 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 493 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1965.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 62nd out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.