Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sisal, raw — Area harvested was 24,349 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sisal, raw — area harvested in Caribbean is 24,349 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 54,714 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 12,506 ha, in 1999.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,714 ha | — |
| 1962 | 53,295 ha | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 53,295 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 52,514 ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 45,597 ha | -13.2% |
| 1966 | 45,550 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 41,500 ha | -8.9% |
| 1968 | 33,400 ha | -19.5% |
| 1969 | 31,350 ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 36,800 ha | +17.4% |
| 1971 | 38,750 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 38,230 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 38,830 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 39,430 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 29,730 ha | -24.6% |
| 1976 | 23,730 ha | -20.2% |
| 1977 | 23,230 ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 23,230 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 23,980 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 25,480 ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 24,488 ha | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 23,974 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 24,261 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 23,874 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 24,214 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 17,349 ha | -28.4% |
| 1987 | 15,795 ha | -9.0% |
| 1988 | 24,197 ha | +53.2% |
| 1989 | 23,168 ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 22,892 ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 21,754 ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 22,350 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 21,248 ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 20,124 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 18,894 ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 16,709 ha | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 16,228 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 15,612 ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 12,506 ha | -19.9% |
| 2000 | 12,642 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 13,123 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 12,507 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 13,227 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 13,871 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 13,944 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 13,602 ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 17,139 ha | +26.0% |
| 2008 | 17,297 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 18,424 ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 18,418 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 19,149 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 20,354 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 23,475 ha | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 25,917 ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 23,933 ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 23,482 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 23,579 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 23,728 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 24,218 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 24,734 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 24,222 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 24,389 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 24,446 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 24,349 ha | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +53.2% | 15,795 ha | 24,197 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,691 ha | 31,350 ha | 54,714 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,594 ha | 23,230 ha | 39,430 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,680 ha | 15,795 ha | 25,480 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,832 ha | 12,506 ha | 22,892 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,578 ha | 12,507 ha | 18,424 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,625 ha | 18,418 ha | 25,917 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,428 ha | 24,222 ha | 24,734 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 5 Mexico 7,350 ha compare
- 6 Morocco 4,547 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 607 ha compare
- 7 China 2,652 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 2,650 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 2,057 ha compare
- 10 South Africa 2,010 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 1,950 ha compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 12.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sisal, raw — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Sisal, raw — area harvested in Caribbean was 24,349 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 54,714 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,506 ha in 1999.
- How does Caribbean rank for sisal, raw — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 8th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sisal, raw — 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.