Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested was 837 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago is 837 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 66.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 2,900 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 376 ha, in 2007.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 13th of 23 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,300 ha | -14.8% |
| 1967 | 2,900 ha | +26.1% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | -20.7% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 2,400 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 2,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 1973 | 1,465 ha | -33.4% |
| 1974 | 1,483 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,650 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 1979 | 1,950 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 1,900 ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 900 ha | -35.7% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | -21.4% |
| 1990 | 976 ha | -11.3% |
| 1991 | 1,050 ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 1,900 ha | +58.3% |
| 1996 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1999 | 1,600 ha | +60.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 2001 | 1,600 ha | +60.0% |
| 2002 | 2,500 ha | +56.2% |
| 2003 | 1,500 ha | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 1,052 ha | -29.9% |
| 2005 | 900 ha | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 376 ha | -62.4% |
| 2008 | 800 ha | +112.8% |
| 2009 | 744 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 1,280 ha | +72.0% |
| 2011 | 953 ha | -25.5% |
| 2012 | 1,002 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 915 ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 504 ha | -44.9% |
| 2015 | 495 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 1,014 ha | +104.8% |
| 2017 | 877 ha | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 857 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 977 ha | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 611 ha | -37.5% |
| 2021 | 522 ha | -14.6% |
| 2022 | 425 ha | -18.6% |
| 2023 | 891 ha | +109.6% |
| 2024 | 837 ha | -6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,367 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,775 ha | 1,465 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,390 ha | 900 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,323 ha | 976 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,147 ha | 376 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 887.4 ha | 495 ha | 1,280 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 657.2 ha | 425 ha | 891 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 837 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 2,900 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 376 ha in 2007.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 13th out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.