Pigeon peas, dry — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Pigeon peas, dry — Yield was 886.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pigeon peas, dry — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 886.7 kg/ha for pigeon peas, dry — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — yield in Caribbean peaked at 1,242 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 519.6 kg/ha, in 2016.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pigeon peas, dry — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,094 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,086 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 1,093 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 1,123 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 1,148 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 1,141 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 1,155 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 1,169 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 1,219 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 1,220 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 1,231 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1,242 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 1,240 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 1,190 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 1,073 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1977 | 1,090 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 1,126 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 943 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1980 | 941.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 735.6 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1982 | 865.1 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1983 | 756 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1984 | 736.3 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 713.5 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 730.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 1,167 kg/ha | +59.7% |
| 1988 | 855.7 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1989 | 776.5 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1990 | 1,032 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1991 | 1,222 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1992 | 688.5 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1993 | 707.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 809.4 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 1,008 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1996 | 642.3 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1997 | 918.8 kg/ha | +43.0% |
| 1998 | 860.2 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 934 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 976.6 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 776.9 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2002 | 732.7 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 698.7 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 693.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 674.5 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 700.4 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 728 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 715.3 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 803.8 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 815 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 861.3 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 872.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 864.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 587.7 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2015 | 643.7 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 519.6 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2017 | 725.8 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 2018 | 674.2 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 659.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 525.4 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2021 | 583.6 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 843.6 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 2023 | 880.4 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 886.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pigeon peas, dry — Yield in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +59.7% | 730.4 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -43.7% | 1,222 kg/ha | 688.5 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +44.6% | 583.6 kg/ha | 843.6 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +43.0% | 642.3 kg/ha | 918.8 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +39.7% | 519.6 kg/ha | 725.8 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -36.3% | 1,008 kg/ha | 642.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,122 kg/ha | 1,086 kg/ha | 1,169 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,158 kg/ha | 943 kg/ha | 1,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 827.72 kg/ha | 713.5 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 882.4 kg/ha | 642.3 kg/ha | 1,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 750.04 kg/ha | 674.5 kg/ha | 976.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 722.34 kg/ha | 519.6 kg/ha | 872.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 743.94 kg/ha | 525.4 kg/ha | 886.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 5 Malawi 1,795 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 753.8 kg/ha compare
- 6 Colombia 1,487 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 601.6 kg/ha compare
- 7 Grenada 1,395 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bahamas 1,337 kg/ha compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 1,206 kg/ha compare
- 10 Jamaica 1,174 kg/ha compare
- 11 Burundi 1,174 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pigeon peas, dry — yield in Caribbean?
- Pigeon peas, dry — yield in Caribbean was 886.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1,242 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 519.6 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Caribbean rank for pigeon peas, dry — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 8th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pigeon peas, dry — 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.