Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 509,376 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 509,376 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 600,240 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 282,042 ha, in 1961.
That places Caribbean 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 282,042 ha | — |
| 1962 | 298,888 ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 319,328 ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 330,757 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 340,623 ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 357,567 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 351,242 ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 356,619 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 361,856 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 367,212 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 383,438 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 382,985 ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 390,121 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 397,397 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 409,850 ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 411,144 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 425,097 ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 437,753 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 418,659 ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 381,782 ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 376,285 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 370,560 ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 388,083 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 381,129 ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 409,933 ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 390,629 ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 395,832 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 419,355 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 427,544 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 424,584 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 436,794 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 479,976 ha | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 466,974 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 490,808 ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 475,331 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 473,378 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 459,836 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 465,654 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 426,920 ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 428,634 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 442,091 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 413,535 ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 459,846 ha | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 486,340 ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 525,399 ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 447,441 ha | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 499,309 ha | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 486,813 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 551,411 ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 600,240 ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 532,475 ha | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 495,464 ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 525,195 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 520,441 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 568,259 ha | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 514,618 ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 515,227 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 550,648 ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 508,407 ha | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 446,445 ha | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 447,819 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 466,058 ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 496,092 ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 509,376 ha | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 333,214 ha | 282,042 ha | 361,856 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 402,366 ha | 367,212 ha | 437,753 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 394,113 ha | 370,560 ha | 427,544 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 460,026 ha | 424,584 ha | 490,808 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 474,082 ha | 413,535 ha | 551,411 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 533,097 ha | 495,464 ha | 600,240 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 473,158 ha | 446,445 ha | 509,376 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 17 Cambodia 607,266 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 16,385 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 552,781 ha compare
- 19 Guinea 531,646 ha compare
- 20 Benin 520,628 ha compare
- 21 Peru 505,494 ha compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 501,700 ha compare
- 23 Bangladesh 484,932 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Caribbean was 509,376 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 600,240 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 282,042 ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.