Spinach — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Spinach — Area harvested was 968 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 968 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 1,935 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 146 ha, in 1962.
That places Caribbean 22nd out of 25 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 215 ha | — |
| 1962 | 146 ha | -32.1% |
| 1963 | 217 ha | +48.6% |
| 1964 | 217 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 218 ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 219 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 185 ha | -15.5% |
| 1968 | 165 ha | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 165 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 166 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 187 ha | +12.7% |
| 1972 | 173 ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 179 ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 180 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 181 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 182 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 182 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 193 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 1,535 ha | +695.3% |
| 1980 | 1,935 ha | +26.1% |
| 1981 | 1,635 ha | -15.5% |
| 1982 | 1,435 ha | -12.2% |
| 1983 | 1,435 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,635 ha | +13.9% |
| 1985 | 1,535 ha | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 1,535 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,335 ha | -13.0% |
| 1988 | 1,235 ha | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 1,435 ha | +16.2% |
| 1990 | 780 ha | -45.6% |
| 1991 | 881 ha | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 983 ha | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 1,034 ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 1,136 ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 1,099 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 1,133 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 917 ha | -19.1% |
| 1998 | 914 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 916 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 784 ha | -14.4% |
| 2001 | 791 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 717 ha | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 820 ha | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 724 ha | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 774 ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 862 ha | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 790 ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 733 ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 851 ha | +16.1% |
| 2010 | 881 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,005 ha | +14.1% |
| 2012 | 1,042 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 1,032 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 972 ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 961 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 1,072 ha | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 1,053 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1,084 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,074 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,039 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,102 ha | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 1,135 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 1,034 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 968 ha | -6.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +695.3% | 193 ha | 1,535 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 194.11 ha | 146 ha | 219 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 315.8 ha | 166 ha | 1,535 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,515 ha | 1,235 ha | 1,935 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 979.3 ha | 780 ha | 1,136 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 784.6 ha | 717 ha | 862 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,018 ha | 881 ha | 1,084 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,056 ha | 968 ha | 1,135 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Spinach — area harvested in Caribbean was 968 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1,935 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 146 ha in 1962.
- How does Caribbean rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 22nd out of 25 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.