Papayas — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Papayas — Production was 7,976 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — production in Puerto Rico stood at 7,976 t.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 9,663 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 300 t, in 1961.
Puerto Rico ranks 42nd of 78 countries on this measure, 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 | 385.56 t | 300 t | 460 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 590.6 t | 480 t | 950 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,842 t | 1,600 t | 4,082 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,057 t | 907 t | 4,247 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,033 t | 1,600 t | 7,615 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,019 t | 5,275 t | 9,663 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,164 t | 6,500 t | 7,976 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- 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)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
- Cereal production 3,952 metric tons (2023)
- Cereal yield 3,612 kg per hectare (2023)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 10 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — production in Puerto Rico?
- Papayas — production in Puerto Rico was 7,976 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 9,663 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest papayas — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 t in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for papayas — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 42nd out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — production rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. 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 — Production. 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.