Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 2,000 ha in 2002. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2002
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico is 2,000 ha, measured in 2002.
That represents a change of up 233.3% on the previous year and down 85.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 132,700 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 600 ha, in 2001.
That places Puerto Rico 115th out of 155 countries with data for 2002, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 132,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 124,800 ha | -6.0% |
| 1963 | 122,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 122,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 116,400 ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 110,400 ha | -5.2% |
| 1967 | 106,600 ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 96,000 ha | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 72,900 ha | -24.1% |
| 1970 | 75,900 ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 63,700 ha | -16.1% |
| 1972 | 62,900 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 55,700 ha | -11.4% |
| 1974 | 52,800 ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 51,682 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 50,100 ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 46,500 ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 37,800 ha | -18.7% |
| 1979 | 35,100 ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 31,800 ha | -9.4% |
| 1981 | 30,200 ha | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 21,660 ha | -28.3% |
| 1983 | 22,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 22,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 22,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 21,200 ha | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 20,285 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 21,480 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 21,217 ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 18,346 ha | -13.5% |
| 1991 | 16,943 ha | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 14,164 ha | -16.4% |
| 1993 | 15,564 ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 12,383 ha | -20.4% |
| 1995 | 12,970 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 11,398 ha | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 10,219 ha | -10.3% |
| 1998 | 6,684 ha | -34.6% |
| 1999 | 4,500 ha | -32.7% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 600 ha | -85.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 ha | +233.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111,667 ha | 72,900 ha | 132,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 53,218 ha | 35,100 ha | 75,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,524 ha | 20,285 ha | 31,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,317 ha | 4,500 ha | 18,346 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,200 ha | 600 ha | 4,000 ha | 3 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 2,000 ha in 2002, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 132,700 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 ha in 2001.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 115th out of 155 countries with data for 2002.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.