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 27th of 29 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,579 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,296 ha | -18.1% |
| 1963 | 9,895 ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 10,718 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 11,588 ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 13,666 ha | +17.9% |
| 1967 | 13,495 ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 11,816 ha | -12.4% |
| 1969 | 14,392 ha | +21.8% |
| 1970 | 15,757 ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 18,535 ha | +17.6% |
| 1972 | 10,997 ha | -40.7% |
| 1973 | 11,790 ha | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 16,988 ha | +44.1% |
| 1975 | 15,837 ha | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 15,242 ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 15,591 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 14,338 ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 16,483 ha | +15.0% |
| 1980 | 16,952 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 19,522 ha | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 17,084 ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 15,897 ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 19,462 ha | +22.4% |
| 1985 | 17,199 ha | -11.6% |
| 1986 | 16,475 ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 17,119 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 18,697 ha | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 20,532 ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 21,243 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 21,582 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 19,892 ha | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 17,284 ha | -13.1% |
| 1994 | 17,819 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 18,484 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 17,562 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 21,191 ha | +20.7% |
| 1998 | 15,498 ha | -26.9% |
| 1999 | 18,028 ha | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 16,360 ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 18,116 ha | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 16,902 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 16,690 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 15,839 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 15,990 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 15,049 ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 13,277 ha | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 12,920 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 15,793 ha | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 13,746 ha | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 12,421 ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 12,038 ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 12,014 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 8,816 ha | -26.6% |
| 2015 | 11,918 ha | +35.2% |
| 2016 | 11,467 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 13,652 ha | +19.1% |
| 2018 | 13,375 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 13,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 12,663 ha | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 12,155 ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 12,839 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 12,317 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 12,358 ha | +0.3% |
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
- 24 Brazil 124,818 ha compare
- 25 Uzbekistan 124,721 ha compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 120,225 ha compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118,407 ha compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 195 ha compare
- 28 Colombia 109,791 ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 0 ha compare
- 29 Rwanda 104,518 ha compare
- 30 Belgium 100,470 ha compare
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- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 9.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.69 % change on previous year (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 27th out of 29 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.