Eggs Primary — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Eggs Primary — Production was 10,852 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Eggs Primary — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 10,852 t for eggs primary — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 22,472 t in 1980 and was at its lowest, 8,878 t, in 2000.
That places Puerto Rico 129th out of 190 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.
Eggs Primary — Production in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 11,600 t | +12.6% |
| 1963 | 13,300 t | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 12,000 t | -9.8% |
| 1965 | 12,100 t | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 12,800 t | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 13,100 t | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 13,203 t | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 13,274 t | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 13,741 t | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 14,048 t | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 15,014 t | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 16,364 t | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 16,810 t | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 18,355 t | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 19,762 t | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 20,605 t | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 21,431 t | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 21,991 t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 22,472 t | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 21,244 t | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 19,147 t | -9.9% |
| 1983 | 17,114 t | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 18,193 t | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 15,776 t | -13.3% |
| 1986 | 15,471 t | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 19,243 t | +24.4% |
| 1988 | 19,159 t | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 17,849 t | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 14,473 t | -18.9% |
| 1991 | 17,747 t | +22.6% |
| 1992 | 19,265 t | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 18,928 t | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 17,334 t | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 18,004 t | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 17,970 t | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 15,151 t | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 17,073 t | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 9,026 t | -47.1% |
| 2000 | 8,878 t | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 9,376 t | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 11,998 t | +28.0% |
| 2003 | 10,707 t | -10.8% |
| 2004 | 11,443 t | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 11,198 t | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 11,200 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11,500 t | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 13,741 t | +19.5% |
| 2009 | 13,770 t | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 11,700 t | -15.0% |
| 2011 | 10,000 t | -14.5% |
| 2012 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,287 t | +22.9% |
| 2015 | 14,360 t | +16.9% |
| 2016 | 12,216 t | -14.9% |
| 2017 | 11,757 t | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 11,640 t | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 11,031 t | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 10,377 t | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 11,016 t | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 10,808 t | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 10,734 t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 10,852 t | +1.1% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 10,852 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 61,764 t, 18% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 10,852 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 40,202 t, 27% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,409 t | 10,300 t | 13,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,812 t | 13,741 t | 21,991 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,567 t | 15,471 t | 22,472 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,497 t | 9,026 t | 19,265 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,381 t | 8,878 t | 13,770 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,499 t | 10,000 t | 14,360 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,757 t | 10,377 t | 11,016 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 126 Mongolia 11,794 t compare
- 127 Sierra Leone 11,590 t compare
- 128 Montenegro 11,237 t compare
- 130 Niger 10,724 t compare
- 131 Cyprus 10,503 t compare
- 132 Brunei Darussalam 9,541 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0208 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.053 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — production in Puerto Rico?
- Eggs primary — production in Puerto Rico was 10,852 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 22,472 t in 1980.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,878 t in 2000.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for eggs primary — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 129th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggs primary — production rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. 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 Eggs Primary — Production. 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.