Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 897 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Puerto Rico is 897 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 47.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 15,551 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 607 ha, in 2014.
Puerto Rico ranks 161st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,336 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,125 ha | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 14,607 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 14,878 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 14,792 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 15,551 ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 14,580 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 10,846 ha | -25.6% |
| 1969 | 10,611 ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 10,729 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 9,865 ha | -8.1% |
| 1972 | 8,906 ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 8,936 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 5,820 ha | -34.9% |
| 1975 | 6,935 ha | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 7,313 ha | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 5,950 ha | -18.6% |
| 1978 | 5,710 ha | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 6,130 ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 6,681 ha | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 5,470 ha | -18.1% |
| 1982 | 5,370 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 5,550 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 5,380 ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 5,300 ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 5,070 ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 4,720 ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 4,775 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 4,780 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 4,010 ha | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 4,275 ha | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 3,622 ha | -15.3% |
| 1993 | 2,758 ha | -23.9% |
| 1994 | 2,265 ha | -17.9% |
| 1995 | 1,814 ha | -19.9% |
| 1996 | 1,589 ha | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 1,795 ha | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 2,497 ha | +39.1% |
| 1999 | 1,288 ha | -48.4% |
| 2000 | 1,722 ha | +33.7% |
| 2001 | 1,448 ha | -15.9% |
| 2002 | 1,498 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 1,202 ha | -19.8% |
| 2004 | 1,388 ha | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 1,266 ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 1,205 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,176 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 1,098 ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 1,061 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 1,114 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 976 ha | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 1,169 ha | +19.8% |
| 2013 | 853 ha | -27.0% |
| 2014 | 607 ha | -28.8% |
| 2015 | 728 ha | +19.9% |
| 2016 | 824 ha | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 906 ha | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 1,040 ha | +14.8% |
| 2019 | 1,041 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 980 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 951 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 973 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 890 ha | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 897 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,925 ha | 10,611 ha | 15,551 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,629 ha | 5,710 ha | 10,729 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,310 ha | 4,720 ha | 6,681 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,591 ha | 1,288 ha | 4,275 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,306 ha | 1,061 ha | 1,722 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 925.8 ha | 607 ha | 1,169 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 938.2 ha | 890 ha | 980 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 158 Mauritius 1,203 ha compare
- 159 Guadeloupe 1,148 ha compare
- 160 Saint Lucia 1,143 ha compare
- 162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 799 ha compare
- 163 Trinidad and Tobago 796 ha compare
- 164 Martinique 649 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- 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$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), 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)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 897 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 15,551 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 607 ha in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 161st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.8%. 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 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.