String beans — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: String beans — Area harvested was 801 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
String beans — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, string beans — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 801 ha.
The figure is down 9.7% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, string beans — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 1,088 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 45 ha, in 1961.
Caribbean ranks 19th of 23 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
String beans — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 65 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 69 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 90 ha | +30.4% |
| 1968 | 134 ha | +48.9% |
| 1969 | 60 ha | -55.2% |
| 1970 | 117 ha | +95.0% |
| 1971 | 175 ha | +49.6% |
| 1972 | 174 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 165 ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 136 ha | -17.6% |
| 1975 | 200 ha | +47.1% |
| 1976 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 1977 | 166 ha | -27.8% |
| 1978 | 146 ha | -12.0% |
| 1979 | 114 ha | -21.9% |
| 1980 | 144 ha | +26.3% |
| 1981 | 256 ha | +77.8% |
| 1982 | 249 ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 327 ha | +31.3% |
| 1984 | 344 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 357 ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 414 ha | +16.0% |
| 1987 | 332 ha | -19.8% |
| 1988 | 317 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 492 ha | +55.2% |
| 1990 | 452 ha | -8.1% |
| 1991 | 623 ha | +37.8% |
| 1992 | 490 ha | -21.3% |
| 1993 | 526 ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 543 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 1,088 ha | +100.4% |
| 1996 | 926 ha | -14.9% |
| 1997 | 667 ha | -28.0% |
| 1998 | 655 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 694 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 627 ha | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 685 ha | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 654 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 795 ha | +21.6% |
| 2004 | 710 ha | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 721 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 736 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 681 ha | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 611 ha | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 724 ha | +18.5% |
| 2010 | 627 ha | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 890 ha | +41.9% |
| 2012 | 930 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 872 ha | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 785 ha | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 802 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 828 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 928 ha | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 964 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 927 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 918 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 743 ha | -19.1% |
| 2022 | 877 ha | +18.0% |
| 2023 | 887 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 801 ha | -9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.78 ha | 45 ha | 134 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 162.3 ha | 114 ha | 230 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 323.2 ha | 144 ha | 492 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 666.4 ha | 452 ha | 1,088 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 694.4 ha | 611 ha | 795 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 855.3 ha | 627 ha | 964 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 845.2 ha | 743 ha | 918 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 16 Barbados 191 ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 1,526 ha compare
- 17 Egypt 45 ha compare
- 18 French Polynesia 8 ha compare
- 19 Grenada 3 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is string beans — area harvested in Caribbean?
- String beans — area harvested in Caribbean was 801 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest string beans — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1,088 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest string beans — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 45 ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for string beans — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 19th out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is string beans — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 String beans — 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.