Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 5,821 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 5,821 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 8,797 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3,061 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Puerto Rico 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,061 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,306 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 3,451 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 3,274 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 3,327 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 3,389 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 3,500 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 3,743 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 3,997 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 3,949 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 3,835 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 4,024 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 4,020 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 7,008 kg/ha | +74.3% |
| 1975 | 5,723 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1976 | 5,390 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 6,243 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 6,343 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 6,376 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 6,031 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 7,005 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1982 | 6,965 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 6,800 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 6,745 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 6,546 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 6,495 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 6,656 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 6,466 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 6,520 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 6,554 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 6,422 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 6,603 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 5,824 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 6,516 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 5,576 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1996 | 5,758 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 5,619 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 5,139 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 6,478 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2000 | 5,838 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 5,900 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 6,364 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 8,797 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 2004 | 8,690 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 8,510 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 8,085 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 7,856 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 7,554 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 7,271 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 6,856 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 6,714 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 6,551 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 6,496 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 6,163 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 6,631 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 6,555 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 6,128 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 5,751 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 5,894 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 5,945 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 6,044 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 6,764 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 6,122 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 5,821 kg/ha | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,450 kg/ha | 3,061 kg/ha | 3,997 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,291 kg/ha | 3,835 kg/ha | 7,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,623 kg/ha | 6,031 kg/ha | 7,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,049 kg/ha | 5,139 kg/ha | 6,603 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,486 kg/ha | 5,838 kg/ha | 8,797 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,374 kg/ha | 5,751 kg/ha | 6,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,139 kg/ha | 5,821 kg/ha | 6,764 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Puerto Rico was 5,821 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 8,797 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,061 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.