Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested was 49 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 49 ha for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 69.0% on the previous year and down 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 6,681 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 14 ha, in 2022.
That places Puerto Rico 21st out of 23 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,202 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,288 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 6,288 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,524 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 5,207 ha | -20.2% |
| 1966 | 5,384 ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 4,716 ha | -12.4% |
| 1968 | 3,812 ha | -19.2% |
| 1969 | 3,930 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | -23.7% |
| 1971 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 2,712 ha | -15.2% |
| 1973 | 2,555 ha | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 4,716 ha | +84.6% |
| 1975 | 6,681 ha | +41.7% |
| 1976 | 5,502 ha | -17.6% |
| 1977 | 5,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 5,896 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 6,289 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 6,485 ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 5,385 ha | -17.0% |
| 1982 | 4,900 ha | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 5,300 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 5,198 ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | -30.0% |
| 1987 | 3,537 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 3,537 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,537 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,537 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,537 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,476 ha | -30.0% |
| 1993 | 2,162 ha | -12.7% |
| 1994 | 2,358 ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | -83.0% |
| 1996 | 320 ha | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 520 ha | +62.5% |
| 1998 | 742 ha | +42.7% |
| 1999 | 130 ha | -82.5% |
| 2000 | 75 ha | -42.3% |
| 2001 | 120 ha | +60.0% |
| 2002 | 290 ha | +141.7% |
| 2003 | 309 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 206 ha | -33.3% |
| 2005 | 272 ha | +32.0% |
| 2006 | 220 ha | -19.1% |
| 2007 | 213 ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 231 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 229 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 279 ha | +21.8% |
| 2011 | 239 ha | -14.3% |
| 2012 | 292 ha | +22.2% |
| 2013 | 183 ha | -37.3% |
| 2014 | 88 ha | -51.9% |
| 2015 | 118 ha | +34.1% |
| 2016 | 108 ha | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 112 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 173 ha | +54.5% |
| 2019 | 82 ha | -52.6% |
| 2020 | 59 ha | -28.0% |
| 2021 | 44 ha | -25.4% |
| 2022 | 14 ha | -68.2% |
| 2023 | 29 ha | +107.1% |
| 2024 | 49 ha | +69.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,372 ha | 3,812 ha | 6,524 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,635 ha | 2,555 ha | 6,681 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,638 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,485 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,618 ha | 130 ha | 3,537 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 216.5 ha | 75 ha | 309 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 167.4 ha | 82 ha | 292 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39 ha | 14 ha | 59 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 18 Philippines 358 ha compare
- 19 Grenada 153 ha compare
- 20 Bahamas 135 ha compare
- 22 Pakistan 6 ha compare
- 23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- 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)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 49 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 6,681 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 ha in 2022.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 21st out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.3%. 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 Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.