Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 8,205 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 8,205 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 50,091 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 6,489 ha, in 2022.
Cuba ranks 140th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 42,600 ha | +18.0% |
| 1963 | 36,300 ha | -14.8% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | -42.1% |
| 1965 | 22,200 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 19,800 ha | -10.8% |
| 1967 | 18,500 ha | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 20,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21,277 ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 50,091 ha | +135.4% |
| 1992 | 25,600 ha | -48.9% |
| 1993 | 28,175 ha | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 27,924 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 30,388 ha | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 32,585 ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 31,521 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 34,922 ha | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 29,977 ha | -14.2% |
| 2000 | 41,738 ha | +39.2% |
| 2001 | 38,937 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 37,479 ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 34,137 ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 35,556 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 35,703 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 30,743 ha | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 39,714 ha | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 35,417 ha | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 26,493 ha | -25.2% |
| 2010 | 23,392 ha | -11.7% |
| 2011 | 20,148 ha | -13.9% |
| 2012 | 17,152 ha | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 18,965 ha | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 16,470 ha | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 14,243 ha | -13.5% |
| 2016 | 14,109 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 13,687 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 11,563 ha | -15.5% |
| 2019 | 9,542 ha | -17.5% |
| 2020 | 7,659 ha | -19.7% |
| 2021 | 6,900 ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 6,489 ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 7,855 ha | +21.1% |
| 2024 | 8,205 ha | +4.5% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 8,205 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68,160 ha, 12% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 8,205 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 27% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +135.4% | 21,277 ha | 50,091 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,167 ha | 15,000 ha | 42,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,650 ha | 15,000 ha | 20,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,246 ha | 21,277 ha | 50,091 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,592 ha | 26,493 ha | 41,738 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,927 ha | 9,542 ha | 23,392 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,422 ha | 6,489 ha | 8,205 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3256 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.3126 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.5926 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Cuba?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Cuba was 8,205 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 50,091 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,489 ha in 2022.
- How does Cuba rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 140th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil 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.