Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 796 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 796 ha.
That represents a change of down 24.6% on the previous year and down 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 1,967 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 518 ha, in 1989.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 163rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,077 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,237 ha | +14.9% |
| 1963 | 1,314 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 1,509 ha | +14.8% |
| 1965 | 1,529 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 1,599 ha | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 1,720 ha | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 1,757 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 1,848 ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 1,771 ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 1,806 ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 1,680 ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 1,640 ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 1,749 ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 1,715 ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 1,765 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 1,725 ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 1,694 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 1,695 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 1,680 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,650 ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 1,510 ha | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 1,270 ha | -15.9% |
| 1984 | 1,040 ha | -18.1% |
| 1985 | 938 ha | -9.8% |
| 1986 | 817 ha | -12.9% |
| 1987 | 873 ha | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 1,015 ha | +16.3% |
| 1989 | 518 ha | -49.0% |
| 1990 | 653 ha | +26.1% |
| 1991 | 768 ha | +17.6% |
| 1992 | 631 ha | -17.8% |
| 1993 | 785 ha | +24.4% |
| 1994 | 757 ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 817 ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 923 ha | +13.0% |
| 1997 | 935 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 828 ha | -11.4% |
| 1999 | 1,041 ha | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 668 ha | -35.8% |
| 2001 | 576 ha | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 1,332 ha | +131.2% |
| 2003 | 1,075 ha | -19.3% |
| 2004 | 969 ha | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 1,134 ha | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 1,214 ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 1,522 ha | +25.4% |
| 2008 | 1,360 ha | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 1,782 ha | +31.0% |
| 2010 | 1,967 ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 1,954 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,103 ha | -43.6% |
| 2013 | 1,718 ha | +55.8% |
| 2014 | 1,515 ha | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 1,318 ha | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 1,362 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 1,443 ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 1,312 ha | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 1,005 ha | -23.4% |
| 2020 | 1,288 ha | +28.2% |
| 2021 | 988 ha | -23.3% |
| 2022 | 939 ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 1,056 ha | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 796 ha | -24.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,510 ha | 1,077 ha | 1,848 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,724 ha | 1,640 ha | 1,806 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,131 ha | 518 ha | 1,680 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 813.8 ha | 631 ha | 1,041 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,163 ha | 576 ha | 1,782 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,470 ha | 1,005 ha | 1,967 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,013 ha | 796 ha | 1,288 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 160 Saint Lucia 1,143 ha compare
- 161 Puerto Rico 897 ha compare
- 162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 799 ha compare
- 164 Martinique 649 ha compare
- 165 Niue 620 ha compare
- 166 Luxembourg 590 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 796 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 1,967 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 518 ha in 1989.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.