Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 2,318 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Suriname is 2,318 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 54.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 6,359 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,939 ha, in 1964.
Suriname ranks 167th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,364 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,408 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 2,575 ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 1,939 ha | -24.7% |
| 1965 | 3,333 ha | +71.9% |
| 1966 | 4,745 ha | +42.4% |
| 1967 | 4,785 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 4,881 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 4,816 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 4,204 ha | -12.7% |
| 1971 | 3,717 ha | -11.6% |
| 1972 | 3,912 ha | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 3,813 ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 3,874 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 4,097 ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 3,903 ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 3,957 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 3,572 ha | -9.7% |
| 1979 | 3,852 ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 3,840 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 4,694 ha | +22.2% |
| 1982 | 3,780 ha | -19.5% |
| 1983 | 3,710 ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 4,143 ha | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 4,310 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 4,222 ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 4,467 ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 4,989 ha | +11.7% |
| 1989 | 5,094 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 5,187 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 5,857 ha | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 6,056 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 6,359 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 6,328 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 5,816 ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 5,134 ha | -11.7% |
| 1997 | 4,826 ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 4,932 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 4,637 ha | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 4,743 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 4,819 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 4,793 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,633 ha | -45.1% |
| 2004 | 4,136 ha | +57.1% |
| 2005 | 4,337 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 4,408 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 4,621 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 4,041 ha | -12.6% |
| 2009 | 4,498 ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 4,643 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 4,218 ha | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 4,372 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 4,948 ha | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 5,137 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 4,685 ha | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 4,371 ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 4,897 ha | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 4,598 ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 3,994 ha | -13.1% |
| 2020 | 4,005 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,242 ha | -19.1% |
| 2022 | 2,663 ha | -17.9% |
| 2023 | 2,384 ha | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 2,318 ha | -2.8% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 2,318 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 3% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 2,318 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 6% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +71.9% | 1,939 ha | 3,333 ha |
| 2004 | +57.1% | 2,633 ha | 4,136 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,538 ha | 1,939 ha | 4,881 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,890 ha | 3,572 ha | 4,204 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,325 ha | 3,710 ha | 5,094 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,513 ha | 4,637 ha | 6,359 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,303 ha | 2,633 ha | 4,819 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,586 ha | 3,994 ha | 5,137 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,922 ha | 2,318 ha | 4,005 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 164 French Guiana 2,590 ha compare
- 165 Bahamas 2,411 ha compare
- 166 Botswana 2,404 ha compare
- 168 French Polynesia 2,201 ha compare
- 169 Bahrain 2,020 ha compare
- 170 Solomon Islands 2,013 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -7.14 % 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 0.0711 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -5.38 % 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 0.0961 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Suriname?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Suriname was 2,318 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 6,359 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,939 ha in 1964.
- How does Suriname rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.