Oranges — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Oranges — Yield was 12,682 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oranges — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 12,682 kg/ha for oranges — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.0% on the previous year and up 82.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 31,325 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 6,963 kg/ha, in 2014.
That places Puerto Rico 57th out of 117 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oranges — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 29,574 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 30,055 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 30,016 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 30,411 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 30,253 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 29,808 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 30,568 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 31,325 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 31,164 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 30,746 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 17,715 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 1996 | 16,978 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 17,028 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 16,003 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 9,262 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 2000 | 9,264 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9,300 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 9,306 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 9,232 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 9,232 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9,235 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,966 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 8,766 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 8,581 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 8,098 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 7,870 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 7,637 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 7,446 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 7,332 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 6,963 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 7,783 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 7,596 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 7,458 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 8,929 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 10,223 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 11,744 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2021 | 13,294 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 15,482 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 16,253 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 12,682 kg/ha | -22.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 12,682 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 14,992 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 12,682 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,470 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Yield in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -42.4% | 30,746 kg/ha | 17,715 kg/ha |
| 1999 | -42.1% | 16,003 kg/ha | 9,262 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30,062 kg/ha | 29,574 kg/ha | 30,411 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 23,060 kg/ha | 9,262 kg/ha | 31,325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,998 kg/ha | 8,098 kg/ha | 9,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,924 kg/ha | 6,963 kg/ha | 10,223 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,891 kg/ha | 11,744 kg/ha | 16,253 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 54 USSR 13,889 kg/ha compare
- 55 Botswana 13,829 kg/ha compare
- 56 Cyprus 13,032 kg/ha compare
- 58 New Zealand 12,258 kg/ha compare
- 59 Seychelles 12,108 kg/ha compare
- 60 New Caledonia 12,078 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Oranges — yield in Puerto Rico was 12,682 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 31,325 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,963 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for oranges — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 57th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.1%. 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 Oranges — 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.