Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 36,611 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 36,611 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 106,591 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 32,665 ha, in 2006.
Caribbean ranks 26th of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 106,591 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105,297 ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 102,143 ha | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 82,027 ha | -19.7% |
| 1965 | 78,655 ha | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 77,443 ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 71,087 ha | -8.2% |
| 1968 | 56,800 ha | -20.1% |
| 1969 | 51,948 ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 58,330 ha | +12.3% |
| 1971 | 62,180 ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 62,760 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 63,450 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 78,575 ha | +23.8% |
| 1975 | 72,453 ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 67,631 ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 63,434 ha | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 60,692 ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 68,119 ha | +12.2% |
| 1980 | 61,921 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 70,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 69,561 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 74,596 ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 73,644 ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 73,784 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 56,209 ha | -23.8% |
| 1987 | 51,855 ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 52,917 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 64,688 ha | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 56,528 ha | -12.6% |
| 1991 | 64,894 ha | +14.8% |
| 1992 | 58,416 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 55,011 ha | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 51,023 ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 45,519 ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 42,104 ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 40,873 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 39,448 ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 35,573 ha | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 35,051 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 34,912 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 33,861 ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 34,121 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 34,250 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 33,554 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 32,665 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 35,874 ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 35,265 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 34,958 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 33,752 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 34,029 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 33,578 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 36,745 ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 39,078 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 36,442 ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 36,443 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 36,107 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 36,376 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 36,545 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 37,090 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 36,647 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 36,733 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 36,789 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 36,611 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,332 ha | 51,948 ha | 106,591 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,762 ha | 58,330 ha | 78,575 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 64,998 ha | 51,855 ha | 74,596 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,939 ha | 35,573 ha | 64,894 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,451 ha | 32,665 ha | 35,874 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,910 ha | 33,578 ha | 39,078 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,774 ha | 36,611 ha | 37,090 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Caribbean was 36,611 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 106,591 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,665 ha in 2006.
- How does Caribbean rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.