Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 11,734 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 11,734 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and up 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 20,556 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 8,721 ha, in 2014.
That places Puerto Rico 138th out of 191 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.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,383 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,606 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 17,517 ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 15,968 ha | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 17,761 ha | +11.2% |
| 1966 | 16,451 ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 16,173 ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 14,496 ha | -10.4% |
| 1969 | 15,055 ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 16,016 ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 14,161 ha | -11.6% |
| 1972 | 13,717 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 13,377 ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 13,307 ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 14,748 ha | +10.8% |
| 1976 | 13,885 ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 13,774 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 13,952 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 14,328 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 13,558 ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 14,358 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 14,167 ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 14,503 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 14,304 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 16,556 ha | +15.7% |
| 1986 | 16,791 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 17,148 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 17,189 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 15,819 ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 12,479 ha | -21.1% |
| 1991 | 15,475 ha | +24.0% |
| 1992 | 15,287 ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 17,339 ha | +13.4% |
| 1994 | 14,541 ha | -16.1% |
| 1995 | 13,323 ha | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 13,615 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 13,343 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 20,556 ha | +54.1% |
| 1999 | 11,235 ha | -45.3% |
| 2000 | 17,294 ha | +53.9% |
| 2001 | 15,641 ha | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 17,299 ha | +10.6% |
| 2003 | 15,096 ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 16,058 ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 12,214 ha | -23.9% |
| 2006 | 13,228 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 13,281 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 13,459 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 13,246 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 13,600 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 13,224 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 17,792 ha | +34.5% |
| 2013 | 12,019 ha | -32.4% |
| 2014 | 8,721 ha | -27.4% |
| 2015 | 9,472 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 10,878 ha | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 11,231 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 10,565 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 11,268 ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 11,567 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 11,734 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 13,425 ha | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 12,345 ha | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 11,734 ha | -4.9% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 11,734 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 61% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 11,734 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 30% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +54.1% | 13,343 ha | 20,556 ha |
| 2000 | +53.9% | 11,235 ha | 17,294 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,268 ha | 14,496 ha | 17,761 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,126 ha | 13,307 ha | 16,016 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,439 ha | 13,558 ha | 17,189 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,719 ha | 11,235 ha | 20,556 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,682 ha | 12,214 ha | 17,299 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,877 ha | 8,721 ha | 17,792 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,161 ha | 11,567 ha | 13,425 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 11,734 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 20,556 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,721 ha in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 138th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.5%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.