Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 20,000 kg/ha in 2002. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2002
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Puerto Rico is 20,000 kg/ha, measured in 2002.
The figure is down 29.4% on the previous year and down 61.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 77,776 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 15,556 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Puerto Rico 135th out of 152 countries with data for 2002, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,518 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,243 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 74,902 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 72,532 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 68,638 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 77,776 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 69,444 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1968 | 62,277 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 73,383 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1970 | 70,408 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 65,255 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 63,200 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 58,975 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 61,600 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 62,012 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 65,731 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 61,974 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 68,051 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 59,143 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1980 | 63,781 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 61,220 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 66,144 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 57,971 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1984 | 48,338 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1985 | 51,235 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 49,346 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 54,075 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 58,716 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 52,011 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1990 | 42,671 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1991 | 49,759 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1992 | 51,664 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 53,979 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 46,033 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1995 | 38,878 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1996 | 35,493 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 30,077 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1998 | 36,565 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1999 | 15,556 kg/ha | -57.5% |
| 2000 | 16,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 28,333 kg/ha | +77.1% |
| 2002 | 20,000 kg/ha | -29.4% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 20,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 60,128 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 20,000 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,413 kg/ha | 62,277 kg/ha | 77,776 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,635 kg/ha | 58,975 kg/ha | 70,408 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,284 kg/ha | 48,338 kg/ha | 66,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,067 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha | 53,979 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,444 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 28,333 kg/ha | 3 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Puerto Rico was 20,000 kg/ha in 2002, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 77,776 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,556 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 135th out of 152 countries with data for 2002.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.