Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested was 12,443 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Caribbean is 12,443 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 41,846 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1982.
That places Caribbean 13th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,511 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 2,511 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,511 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 2,200 ha | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 1,800 ha | -18.2% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,400 ha | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 27,856 ha | +2221.3% |
| 1986 | 29,231 ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 32,536 ha | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 35,878 ha | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 31,780 ha | -11.4% |
| 1990 | 37,042 ha | +16.6% |
| 1991 | 38,082 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 41,566 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 41,846 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 37,827 ha | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 36,858 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 35,129 ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 34,733 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 32,040 ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 32,658 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 30,848 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 31,015 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 33,263 ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 28,744 ha | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 26,428 ha | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 29,737 ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 25,321 ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 23,159 ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 22,218 ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 21,644 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 22,404 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 20,205 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 18,910 ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 16,931 ha | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 17,009 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 15,017 ha | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 18,576 ha | +23.7% |
| 2017 | 17,435 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 17,158 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 16,792 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 12,629 ha | -24.8% |
| 2021 | 11,243 ha | -11.0% |
| 2022 | 12,427 ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 12,101 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 12,443 ha | +2.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +2221.3% | 1,200 ha | 27,856 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,500 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,303 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,511 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,368 ha | 1,000 ha | 35,878 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,778 ha | 32,040 ha | 41,846 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,238 ha | 21,644 ha | 33,263 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,044 ha | 15,017 ha | 22,404 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,169 ha | 11,243 ha | 12,629 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 10 Bangladesh 5,176 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,020 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 608 ha compare
- 11 Haiti 4,911 ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 446 ha compare
- 12 Tunisia 4,775 ha compare
- 13 Brazil 4,559 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 81 ha compare
- 14 Argentina 4,496 ha compare
- 15 Eswatini 4,449 ha compare
- 16 China, Taiwan Province of 4,415 ha compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Caribbean was 12,443 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 41,846 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1982.
- How does Caribbean rank for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.8%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.