Papayas — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Papayas — Area harvested was 19,304 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in Caribbean is 19,304 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 72.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 24,039 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,161 ha, in 1970.
That places Caribbean 13th out of 21 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.
Papayas — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,142 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,154 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 3,159 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 3,066 ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 3,320 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 4,123 ha | +24.2% |
| 1967 | 3,959 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 4,183 ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 3,899 ha | -6.8% |
| 1970 | 2,161 ha | -44.6% |
| 1971 | 2,529 ha | +17.0% |
| 1972 | 2,916 ha | +15.3% |
| 1973 | 3,485 ha | +19.5% |
| 1974 | 3,227 ha | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 4,407 ha | +36.6% |
| 1976 | 4,005 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 4,423 ha | +10.4% |
| 1978 | 4,181 ha | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 4,554 ha | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 3,940 ha | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 4,917 ha | +24.8% |
| 1982 | 5,647 ha | +14.8% |
| 1983 | 5,063 ha | -10.3% |
| 1984 | 5,272 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 5,116 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 5,162 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 5,748 ha | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 5,351 ha | -6.9% |
| 1989 | 6,540 ha | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 5,177 ha | -20.8% |
| 1991 | 2,836 ha | -45.2% |
| 1992 | 3,327 ha | +17.3% |
| 1993 | 3,243 ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 3,257 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 3,901 ha | +19.8% |
| 1996 | 4,756 ha | +21.9% |
| 1997 | 4,577 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 5,672 ha | +23.9% |
| 1999 | 5,559 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 6,975 ha | +25.5% |
| 2001 | 8,367 ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 9,040 ha | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 9,632 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 9,402 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 9,096 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 8,376 ha | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 9,717 ha | +16.0% |
| 2008 | 7,651 ha | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 8,970 ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 11,821 ha | +31.8% |
| 2011 | 9,862 ha | -16.6% |
| 2012 | 10,071 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 10,520 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 11,213 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 10,451 ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 18,544 ha | +77.4% |
| 2017 | 17,673 ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 18,475 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 24,039 ha | +30.1% |
| 2020 | 19,711 ha | -18.0% |
| 2021 | 16,383 ha | -16.9% |
| 2022 | 17,283 ha | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 17,865 ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 19,304 ha | +8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,556 ha | 3,066 ha | 4,183 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,589 ha | 2,161 ha | 4,554 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,276 ha | 3,940 ha | 6,540 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,230 ha | 2,836 ha | 5,672 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,723 ha | 6,975 ha | 9,717 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,267 ha | 9,862 ha | 24,039 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,109 ha | 16,383 ha | 19,711 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 10 Philippines 7,766 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 464 ha compare
- 11 Kenya 7,722 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 365 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 7,504 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 95 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 7,219 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28 ha compare
- 14 Bangladesh 7,155 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 0 ha
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 5,859 ha compare
- 15 Malawi 5,020 ha compare
- 16 Mali 4,778 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Papayas — area harvested in Caribbean was 19,304 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 24,039 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,161 ha in 1970.
- How does Caribbean rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — 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.