Pineapples — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Pineapples — Area harvested was 21,293 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 21,293 ha for pineapples — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 21,293 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,910 ha, in 1968.
Caribbean ranks 14th of 24 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.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,772 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,524 ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 4,714 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 4,115 ha | -12.7% |
| 1965 | 3,696 ha | -10.2% |
| 1966 | 3,312 ha | -10.4% |
| 1967 | 2,967 ha | -10.4% |
| 1968 | 2,910 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 3,336 ha | +14.6% |
| 1970 | 3,402 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 3,777 ha | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 3,965 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 4,502 ha | +13.5% |
| 1974 | 4,412 ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 4,292 ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 3,718 ha | -13.4% |
| 1977 | 3,415 ha | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 3,478 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 3,382 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 3,576 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 4,028 ha | +12.6% |
| 1982 | 3,673 ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 4,079 ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 4,063 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 5,331 ha | +31.2% |
| 1986 | 5,520 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 7,234 ha | +31.1% |
| 1988 | 5,894 ha | -18.5% |
| 1989 | 5,801 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 6,560 ha | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 7,090 ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 9,347 ha | +31.8% |
| 1993 | 10,559 ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 11,404 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 13,762 ha | +20.7% |
| 1996 | 7,544 ha | -45.2% |
| 1997 | 9,386 ha | +24.4% |
| 1998 | 7,577 ha | -19.3% |
| 1999 | 6,951 ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 11,265 ha | +62.1% |
| 2001 | 14,148 ha | +25.6% |
| 2002 | 12,806 ha | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 13,499 ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 12,881 ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 12,863 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 14,417 ha | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 15,197 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 18,346 ha | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 16,779 ha | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 17,023 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 17,259 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 19,202 ha | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 20,077 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 18,169 ha | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 17,390 ha | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 17,507 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 17,612 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 17,890 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 17,407 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 15,492 ha | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 16,987 ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 18,951 ha | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 21,124 ha | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 21,293 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,816 ha | 2,910 ha | 4,772 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,834 ha | 3,382 ha | 4,502 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,920 ha | 3,576 ha | 7,234 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,018 ha | 6,560 ha | 13,762 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,220 ha | 11,265 ha | 18,346 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,954 ha | 17,023 ha | 20,077 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,769 ha | 15,492 ha | 21,293 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pineapples — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Caribbean was 21,293 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 21,293 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,910 ha in 1968.
- How does Caribbean rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pineapples — Area harvested. 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.