Pineapples — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Pineapples — Yield was 19,670 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pineapples — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 19,670 kg/ha for pineapples — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 74,070 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 16,815 kg/ha, in 2012.
Puerto Rico ranks 39th of 85 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.
Pineapples — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,836 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,434 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1963 | 35,281 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 34,413 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 37,149 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 34,958 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 34,256 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 34,639 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 36,428 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 34,161 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 36,147 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 30,513 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1973 | 32,790 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 33,625 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 36,126 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 32,355 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1977 | 37,457 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 35,289 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 36,338 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 34,216 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 32,400 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 37,041 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 32,716 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1984 | 36,129 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 39,862 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 38,838 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 40,123 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 49,672 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1989 | 62,119 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1990 | 74,070 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1991 | 73,779 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 73,847 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 41,377 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1994 | 61,994 kg/ha | +49.8% |
| 1995 | 17,488 kg/ha | -71.8% |
| 1996 | 17,212 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 19,536 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1998 | 33,077 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 1999 | 51,660 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 2000 | 30,461 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 2001 | 26,249 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 24,276 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 32,323 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2004 | 32,317 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 32,346 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 28,989 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 27,979 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 25,257 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 23,709 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 22,180 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 20,677 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 16,815 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 18,988 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 18,814 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 18,689 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 18,599 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 18,536 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 18,457 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 19,088 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 19,926 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 20,704 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 26,217 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2023 | 21,178 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2024 | 19,670 kg/ha | -7.1% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 19,670 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 21,207 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 19,670 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,359 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — Yield 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 | -71.8% | 61,994 kg/ha | 17,488 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +69.3% | 19,536 kg/ha | 33,077 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,822 kg/ha | 30,836 kg/ha | 37,149 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,480 kg/ha | 30,513 kg/ha | 37,457 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,312 kg/ha | 32,400 kg/ha | 62,119 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,404 kg/ha | 17,212 kg/ha | 74,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,390 kg/ha | 23,709 kg/ha | 32,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,084 kg/ha | 16,815 kg/ha | 22,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,539 kg/ha | 19,670 kg/ha | 26,217 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Pineapples — yield in Puerto Rico was 19,670 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 74,070 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pineapples — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,815 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for pineapples — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 39th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.