Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production was 29,359 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 29,359 t for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Caribbean peaked at 58,437 t in 1974 and was at its lowest, 23,676 t, in 2006.
That places Caribbean 26th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,903 t | — |
| 1962 | 45,565 t | -8.7% |
| 1963 | 49,053 t | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 43,509 t | -11.3% |
| 1965 | 45,680 t | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 45,059 t | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 43,064 t | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 36,529 t | -15.2% |
| 1969 | 30,671 t | -16.0% |
| 1970 | 37,290 t | +21.6% |
| 1971 | 38,294 t | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 39,672 t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 39,982 t | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 58,437 t | +46.2% |
| 1975 | 55,302 t | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 49,605 t | -10.3% |
| 1977 | 43,110 t | -13.1% |
| 1978 | 41,354 t | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 47,842 t | +15.7% |
| 1980 | 47,494 t | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 47,078 t | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 49,010 t | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 54,035 t | +10.3% |
| 1984 | 54,758 t | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 53,391 t | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 41,935 t | -21.5% |
| 1987 | 41,018 t | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 36,889 t | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 49,496 t | +34.2% |
| 1990 | 38,450 t | -22.3% |
| 1991 | 40,336 t | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 38,341 t | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 36,860 t | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 35,229 t | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 33,667 t | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 30,236 t | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 28,896 t | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 27,439 t | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 25,324 t | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 25,066 t | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 24,848 t | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 24,260 t | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 24,154 t | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 24,373 t | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 24,051 t | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 23,676 t | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 25,397 t | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 25,480 t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 26,075 t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 26,102 t | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 26,463 t | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 26,580 t | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 29,155 t | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 29,636 t | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 28,442 t | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 28,595 t | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 28,517 t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 28,713 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 29,032 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 29,281 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 29,431 t | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 29,294 t | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 29,348 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 29,359 t | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +46.2% | 39,982 t | 58,437 t |
| 1989 | +34.2% | 36,889 t | 49,496 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,226 t | 30,671 t | 49,903 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,089 t | 37,290 t | 58,437 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,510 t | 36,889 t | 54,758 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,478 t | 25,324 t | 40,336 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,738 t | 23,676 t | 26,075 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,123 t | 26,102 t | 29,636 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,343 t | 29,281 t | 29,431 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 23 Myanmar 112,515 t compare
- 24 Kazakhstan 105,582 t compare
- 25 Belgium 91,990 t compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 121,773 t compare
- 26 Egypt 89,842 t compare
- 27 Tajikistan 88,614 t compare
- 28 Ethiopia 85,690 t compare
- 29 Azerbaijan 83,178 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 14.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 11.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 7.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 9.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Caribbean?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in Caribbean was 29,359 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 58,437 t in 1974.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,676 t in 2006.
- How does Caribbean rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.