Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 15,000 ha in 2007. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2007
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2007, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 15,000 ha.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 40,065 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 2005.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 84th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,632 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,095 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 34,741 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 34,870 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 36,058 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 35,621 ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 35,540 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 35,554 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 35,047 ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 34,845 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 35,163 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 40,023 ha | +13.8% |
| 1973 | 40,063 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 40,065 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 32,374 ha | -19.2% |
| 1976 | 33,588 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 32,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 34,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 37,947 ha | +11.6% |
| 1980 | 36,731 ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 32,600 ha | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 26,277 ha | -19.4% |
| 1983 | 16,100 ha | -38.7% |
| 1984 | 14,487 ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 13,820 ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 14,432 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 22,213 ha | +53.9% |
| 1988 | 22,393 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 23,723 ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 22,600 ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 24,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 23,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 24,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 24,800 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 25,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 23,053 ha | -9.6% |
| 1997 | 22,544 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 22,459 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 22,557 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 25,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 19,000 ha | -24.0% |
| 2002 | 24,500 ha | +28.9% |
| 2003 | 16,000 ha | -34.7% |
| 2004 | 10,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 2005 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2006 | 16,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,018 ha | 33,632 ha | 36,058 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,007 ha | 32,000 ha | 40,065 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,278 ha | 13,820 ha | 36,731 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,501 ha | 22,459 ha | 25,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,688 ha | 8,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 15,000 ha in 2007, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 40,065 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 2005.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 84th out of 155 countries with data for 2007.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.