Potatoes — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Potatoes — Area harvested was 12,358 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 12,358 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 21,582 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8,816 ha, in 2014.
Caribbean ranks 94th of 167 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,049 ha | 9,895 ha | 14,392 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,156 ha | 10,997 ha | 18,535 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,894 ha | 15,897 ha | 20,532 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,858 ha | 15,498 ha | 21,582 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,694 ha | 12,920 ha | 18,116 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,305 ha | 8,816 ha | 13,746 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,466 ha | 12,155 ha | 12,839 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Bananas — Area harvested 150,870 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 2.72 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 136,188 t (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 8,527 ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield 19,733 kg/ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 168,261 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 7,589 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 1.91 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 13,712 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 1.91 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Caribbean was 12,358 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 21,582 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,816 ha in 2014.
- How does Caribbean rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 94th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.2%. 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 Potatoes — 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.