Pulses, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Pulses, Total — Yield was 2,488 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — yield in Puerto Rico is 2,488 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.6% on the previous year and up 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 3,624 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 385.7 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Puerto Rico 27th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 598.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 612.8 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 601.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 698 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1965 | 676.8 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 779.1 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1967 | 755.5 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 1,064 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1969 | 1,007 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 966.2 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 974.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 1,035 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 1,029 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 710.3 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1975 | 638 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 686.2 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 690.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 769 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 842.6 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 781.6 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 863.3 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1982 | 843.4 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 824.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 686 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1985 | 651.4 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 678.8 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 696.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 637.1 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1989 | 576.9 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 514 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 615.1 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1992 | 604.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 978.4 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 1994 | 385.7 kg/ha | -60.6% |
| 1995 | 1,455 kg/ha | +277.1% |
| 1996 | 1,395 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 1,415 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 1,395 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 2,325 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2000 | 3,624 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 2001 | 2,599 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2002 | 1,843 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2003 | 1,122 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 2004 | 906.7 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2005 | 798.6 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2006 | 1,090 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 2007 | 1,085 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,098 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1,122 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1,186 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 1,202 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,175 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 1,222 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 1,580 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2015 | 2,050 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2016 | 1,798 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2017 | 1,683 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 1,198 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2019 | 1,899 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 2020 | 2,201 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2021 | 2,445 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 2,917 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2023 | 2,847 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 2,488 kg/ha | -12.6% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 2,488 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,047 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 2,488 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,136 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 | +277.1% | 385.7 kg/ha | 1,455 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 754.87 kg/ha | 598.9 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 834.12 kg/ha | 638 kg/ha | 1,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 723.96 kg/ha | 576.9 kg/ha | 863.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,108 kg/ha | 385.7 kg/ha | 2,325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,529 kg/ha | 798.6 kg/ha | 3,624 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,499 kg/ha | 1,175 kg/ha | 2,050 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,580 kg/ha | 2,201 kg/ha | 2,917 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 pulses, total — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Pulses, total — yield in Puerto Rico was 2,488 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 3,624 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 385.7 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 27th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.