Papayas — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Papayas — Area harvested was 586 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in Puerto Rico is 586 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 153.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 586 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42 ha, in 1961.
That places Puerto Rico 34th out of 63 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.44 ha | 42 ha | 65 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 56.5 ha | 50 ha | 78 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 179 ha | 110 ha | 230 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109.6 ha | 58 ha | 188 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 276.2 ha | 97 ha | 461 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 294 ha | 230 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 521.6 ha | 430 ha | 586 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 32 Costa Rica 1,015 ha compare
- 33 South Africa 854 ha compare
- 35 Panama 575 ha compare
- 36 Jamaica 471 ha compare
- 37 Fiji, Republic of 464 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- 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$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Papayas — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 586 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 586 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 42 ha in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 34th out of 63 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 153.7%. 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 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.