Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 50,979 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 50,979 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.6% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 112,802 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 33,975 ha, in 2009.
Caribbean ranks 19th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,103 ha | — |
| 1962 | 78,073 ha | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 72,975 ha | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 73,095 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 72,948 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 70,081 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 65,649 ha | -6.3% |
| 1968 | 66,732 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 91,856 ha | +37.6% |
| 1970 | 83,318 ha | -9.3% |
| 1971 | 90,745 ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 96,994 ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 92,219 ha | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 90,321 ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 83,272 ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 95,919 ha | +15.2% |
| 1977 | 96,789 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 112,802 ha | +16.5% |
| 1979 | 94,353 ha | -16.4% |
| 1980 | 99,161 ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 92,078 ha | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 95,221 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 100,538 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 107,200 ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 97,726 ha | -8.8% |
| 1986 | 112,364 ha | +15.0% |
| 1987 | 100,925 ha | -10.2% |
| 1988 | 89,967 ha | -10.9% |
| 1989 | 84,408 ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 82,643 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 59,971 ha | -27.4% |
| 1992 | 52,227 ha | -12.9% |
| 1993 | 46,386 ha | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 48,688 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 49,461 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 47,562 ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 48,366 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 44,718 ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 43,306 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 45,633 ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 43,374 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 42,933 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 41,774 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 39,690 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 42,376 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 36,533 ha | -13.8% |
| 2007 | 43,206 ha | +18.3% |
| 2008 | 39,840 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 33,975 ha | -14.7% |
| 2010 | 38,941 ha | +14.6% |
| 2011 | 42,307 ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 47,876 ha | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 66,865 ha | +39.7% |
| 2014 | 58,467 ha | -12.6% |
| 2015 | 46,499 ha | -20.5% |
| 2016 | 45,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 43,836 ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 47,114 ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 43,401 ha | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 52,595 ha | +21.2% |
| 2021 | 46,293 ha | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 44,543 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 45,670 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 50,979 ha | +11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,835 ha | 65,649 ha | 91,856 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 93,673 ha | 83,272 ha | 112,802 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 97,959 ha | 84,408 ha | 112,364 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,333 ha | 43,306 ha | 82,643 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,933 ha | 33,975 ha | 45,633 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,091 ha | 38,941 ha | 66,865 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,016 ha | 44,543 ha | 52,595 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 16 Argentina 431,991 ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 165,000 ha compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,357 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 400,000 ha compare
- 18 Ghana 370,000 ha compare
- 19 Angola 369,237 ha compare
- 20 Uganda 330,000 ha compare
- 21 Brazil 281,563 ha compare
- 22 South Sudan 268,466 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Caribbean was 50,979 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 112,802 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,975 ha in 2009.
- How does Caribbean rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 19th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.