Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 88 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Puerto Rico stood at 88 ha.
The figure is down 57.9% on the previous year and up 120.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 2,650 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 24 ha, in 2012.
Puerto Rico ranks 179th of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 1,900 ha | -24.0% |
| 1964 | 2,100 ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 1,800 ha | -14.3% |
| 1966 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 1,900 ha | +18.8% |
| 1969 | 1,645 ha | -13.4% |
| 1970 | 1,700 ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1975 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 1976 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,080 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 950 ha | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 895 ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 820 ha | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 850 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 890 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 980 ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 1,050 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 400 ha | -61.9% |
| 1999 | 750 ha | +87.5% |
| 2000 | 900 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 665 ha | -26.1% |
| 2002 | 516 ha | -22.4% |
| 2003 | 433 ha | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 542 ha | +25.2% |
| 2005 | 292 ha | -46.1% |
| 2006 | 247 ha | -15.4% |
| 2007 | 210 ha | -15.0% |
| 2008 | 224 ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 203 ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 162 ha | -20.2% |
| 2011 | 148 ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 24 ha | -83.8% |
| 2013 | 139 ha | +479.2% |
| 2014 | 40 ha | -71.2% |
| 2015 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 24 ha | -40.0% |
| 2019 | 29 ha | +20.8% |
| 2020 | 41 ha | +41.4% |
| 2021 | 51 ha | +24.4% |
| 2022 | 84 ha | +64.7% |
| 2023 | 209 ha | +148.8% |
| 2024 | 88 ha | -57.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,977 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,690 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,440 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 866.5 ha | 400 ha | 1,080 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 423.2 ha | 203 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.6 ha | 24 ha | 162 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.6 ha | 41 ha | 209 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (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$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 88 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 2,650 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 ha in 2012.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 179th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.