Tomatoes — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 51,432 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Caribbean is 51,432 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 35.1% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 79,329 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 11,085 ha, in 1961.
That places Caribbean 23rd out of 29 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,085 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,135 ha | +27.5% |
| 1963 | 11,954 ha | -15.4% |
| 1964 | 12,403 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 14,283 ha | +15.2% |
| 1966 | 16,420 ha | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 18,967 ha | +15.5% |
| 1968 | 15,836 ha | -16.5% |
| 1969 | 11,987 ha | -24.3% |
| 1970 | 13,894 ha | +15.9% |
| 1971 | 19,250 ha | +38.5% |
| 1972 | 23,284 ha | +21.0% |
| 1973 | 24,032 ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 28,634 ha | +19.1% |
| 1975 | 31,382 ha | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 35,128 ha | +11.9% |
| 1977 | 38,304 ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 32,415 ha | -15.4% |
| 1979 | 35,643 ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 40,683 ha | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 43,669 ha | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 41,387 ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 45,312 ha | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 47,620 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 43,650 ha | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 47,021 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 35,518 ha | -24.5% |
| 1988 | 44,352 ha | +24.9% |
| 1989 | 43,481 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 41,084 ha | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 41,276 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 52,243 ha | +26.6% |
| 1993 | 49,728 ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 29,563 ha | -40.6% |
| 1995 | 35,151 ha | +18.9% |
| 1996 | 43,871 ha | +24.8% |
| 1997 | 42,500 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 36,101 ha | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 51,544 ha | +42.8% |
| 2000 | 56,010 ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 49,075 ha | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 48,602 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 56,583 ha | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 68,103 ha | +20.4% |
| 2005 | 73,559 ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 63,852 ha | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 66,558 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 70,985 ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 79,329 ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 55,026 ha | -30.6% |
| 2011 | 64,459 ha | +17.1% |
| 2012 | 58,862 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 62,842 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 52,475 ha | -16.5% |
| 2015 | 48,061 ha | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 49,144 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 57,647 ha | +17.3% |
| 2018 | 55,627 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 48,273 ha | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 34,102 ha | -29.4% |
| 2021 | 37,615 ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 42,833 ha | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 38,075 ha | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 51,432 ha | +35.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,119 ha | 11,085 ha | 18,967 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,197 ha | 13,894 ha | 38,304 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,269 ha | 35,518 ha | 47,620 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,306 ha | 29,563 ha | 52,243 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,266 ha | 48,602 ha | 79,329 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,242 ha | 48,061 ha | 64,459 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,811 ha | 34,102 ha | 51,432 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 20 Sudan 47,362 ha compare
- 21 Cuba 43,078 ha compare
- 22 Yugoslav SFR 40,810 ha compare
- 23 Angola 40,218 ha compare
- 24 Benin 40,000 ha compare
- 25 Sudan (former) 37,040 ha compare
- 26 Bangladesh 31,111 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 7.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 24.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 14.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Caribbean was 51,432 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 79,329 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,085 ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 23rd out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.