Tomatoes — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 336 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 336 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 2,869 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 158 ha, in 1998.
Puerto Rico ranks 118th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,382 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,391 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 2,869 ha | +106.3% |
| 1964 | 1,690 ha | -41.1% |
| 1965 | 1,847 ha | +9.3% |
| 1966 | 1,808 ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 1,572 ha | -13.1% |
| 1968 | 1,572 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 983 ha | -37.5% |
| 1970 | 1,611 ha | +63.9% |
| 1971 | 1,376 ha | -14.6% |
| 1972 | 1,208 ha | -12.2% |
| 1973 | 590 ha | -51.2% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | -32.2% |
| 1975 | 275 ha | -31.2% |
| 1976 | 259 ha | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 200 ha | -22.8% |
| 1978 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 240 ha | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 393 ha | +63.7% |
| 1981 | 280 ha | -28.8% |
| 1982 | 490 ha | +75.0% |
| 1983 | 630 ha | +28.6% |
| 1984 | 650 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 630 ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 650 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1988 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,270 ha | +21.0% |
| 1990 | 1,200 ha | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 399 ha | -66.8% |
| 1992 | 515 ha | +29.1% |
| 1993 | 311 ha | -39.6% |
| 1994 | 286 ha | -8.0% |
| 1995 | 266 ha | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 220 ha | -17.3% |
| 1997 | 245 ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 158 ha | -35.5% |
| 1999 | 323 ha | +104.4% |
| 2000 | 299 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 295 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 255 ha | -13.6% |
| 2003 | 387 ha | +51.8% |
| 2004 | 387 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 406 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 383 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 410 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 373 ha | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 362 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 344 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 338 ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 308 ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 336 ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 343 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 346 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 346 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 350 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 346 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 341 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 339 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 342 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 338 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 337 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 336 ha | -0.3% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 336 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 336 ha, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 336 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 603 ha, 56% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Area harvested in Puerto Rico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +106.3% | 1,391 ha | 2,869 ha |
| 1999 | +104.4% | 158 ha | 323 ha |
| 1982 | +75.0% | 280 ha | 490 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,679 ha | 983 ha | 2,869 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 637.9 ha | 200 ha | 1,611 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 704.3 ha | 280 ha | 1,270 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 392.3 ha | 158 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 355.7 ha | 255 ha | 410 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 339.8 ha | 308 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 338.4 ha | 336 ha | 342 ha | 5 |
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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 tomatoes — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 336 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 2,869 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 158 ha in 1998.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 118th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 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.