Papayas — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Papayas — Yield was 13,602 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 13,602 kg/ha for papayas — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and down 52.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 31,280 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7,021 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Puerto Rico 41st out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,143 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,046 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 7,021 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 7,037 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 7,143 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 7,119 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 7,119 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,031 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 7,077 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 9,600 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1971 | 10,200 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 7,051 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1973 | 9,677 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1974 | 10,909 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 11,600 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 11,000 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,720 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 13,571 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1980 | 14,546 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 14,375 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 13,889 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 15,850 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1984 | 15,120 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 15,594 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 15,990 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 17,748 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 17,005 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 17,010 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16,705 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 15,981 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 15,638 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 12,648 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1994 | 22,962 kg/ha | +81.5% |
| 1995 | 20,010 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1996 | 17,904 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 16,710 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 22,590 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1999 | 21,333 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 19,828 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 18,997 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 18,141 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 16,495 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 16,518 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 16,523 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18,330 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 18,653 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 19,522 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 20,100 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 19,347 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 20,826 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 21,198 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 21,546 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 28,569 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 2015 | 31,280 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 29,970 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 27,445 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 22,934 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 19,483 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 15,116 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2021 | 14,882 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 12,418 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2023 | 13,083 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 13,602 kg/ha | +4.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 13,602 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,342 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 13,602 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,560 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +81.5% | 12,648 kg/ha | 22,962 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,082 kg/ha | 7,021 kg/ha | 7,143 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,533 kg/ha | 7,051 kg/ha | 13,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,713 kg/ha | 13,889 kg/ha | 17,748 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,248 kg/ha | 12,648 kg/ha | 22,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,311 kg/ha | 16,495 kg/ha | 20,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,260 kg/ha | 19,347 kg/ha | 31,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,820 kg/ha | 12,418 kg/ha | 15,116 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 papayas — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Papayas — yield in Puerto Rico was 13,602 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 31,280 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,021 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for papayas — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 41st out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.