Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,176 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Caribbean, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 1,176 kg/ha for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Caribbean peaked at 1,683 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 400 kg/ha, in 2005.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 672.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 665.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 671.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 678.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 684.5 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 690 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 694.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 697.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 697.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 695.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 692.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 686.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 697 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 673.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 400 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 2006 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 584.9 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 2008 | 685.1 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 821.7 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2010 | 954 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 1,095 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 1,241 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 1,683 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 2014 | 1,462 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2015 | 1,360 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 1,200 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 1,222 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,247 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,194 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 1,221 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1,185 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,176 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,174 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,176 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +46.2% | 400 kg/ha | 584.9 kg/ha |
| 2005 | -40.6% | 673.9 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +35.6% | 1,241 kg/ha | 1,683 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 681.82 kg/ha | 665.6 kg/ha | 697.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 633.71 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 821.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,266 kg/ha | 954 kg/ha | 1,683 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,186 kg/ha | 1,174 kg/ha | 1,221 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 7 Guatemala 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 584.1 kg/ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1,317 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 228.4 kg/ha compare
- 10 Guinea 1,277 kg/ha compare
- 11 Central African Republic 1,265 kg/ha compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 1,200 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 1,176 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 6.56 % 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)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 12.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Caribbean?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Caribbean was 1,176 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1,683 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Caribbean rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 10th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield. 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.