Pineapples — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Pineapples — Area harvested was 271 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pineapples — area harvested in Puerto Rico stood at 271 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 53.7% on the previous year and up 57.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 1,957 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 130 ha, in 2012.
Puerto Rico ranks 60th of 85 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,632 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,454 ha | -10.9% |
| 1963 | 1,664 ha | +14.4% |
| 1964 | 1,895 ha | +13.9% |
| 1965 | 1,957 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 1,882 ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 1,906 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 1,690 ha | -11.3% |
| 1969 | 1,324 ha | -21.7% |
| 1970 | 1,435 ha | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 1,445 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 1,436 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 1,162 ha | -19.1% |
| 1974 | 1,179 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 1,179 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,179 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,034 ha | -12.3% |
| 1978 | 952 ha | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 1,088 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 1,012 ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 1,164 ha | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 953 ha | -18.1% |
| 1983 | 1,173 ha | +23.1% |
| 1984 | 1,094 ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 1,096 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 1,161 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 1,378 ha | +18.7% |
| 1988 | 1,404 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 789 ha | -43.8% |
| 1990 | 632 ha | -19.9% |
| 1991 | 847 ha | +34.0% |
| 1992 | 824 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 1,293 ha | +56.9% |
| 1994 | 543 ha | -58.0% |
| 1995 | 1,376 ha | +153.4% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | -20.1% |
| 1997 | 983 ha | -10.6% |
| 1998 | 429 ha | -56.4% |
| 1999 | 374 ha | -12.8% |
| 2000 | 586 ha | +56.7% |
| 2001 | 712 ha | +21.5% |
| 2002 | 871 ha | +22.3% |
| 2003 | 536 ha | -38.5% |
| 2004 | 473 ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 474 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 485 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 444 ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 398 ha | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 334 ha | -16.1% |
| 2010 | 237 ha | -29.0% |
| 2011 | 173 ha | -27.0% |
| 2012 | 130 ha | -24.9% |
| 2013 | 135 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 172 ha | +27.4% |
| 2015 | 259 ha | +50.6% |
| 2016 | 268 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 265 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 256 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 282 ha | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 320 ha | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 370 ha | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 424 ha | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 585 ha | +38.0% |
| 2024 | 271 ha | -53.7% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 271 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 191 ha, 1.4× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 271 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,025 ha, 13% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +153.4% | 543 ha | 1,376 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,712 ha | 1,324 ha | 1,957 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,209 ha | 952 ha | 1,445 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,122 ha | 789 ha | 1,404 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 840.1 ha | 374 ha | 1,376 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 531.3 ha | 334 ha | 871 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 217.7 ha | 130 ha | 282 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 394 ha | 271 ha | 585 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
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 pineapples — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 271 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 1,957 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 ha in 2012.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 60th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.6%. 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 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.