Tomatoes — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Tomatoes — Yield was 58,891 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — yield in Puerto Rico stood at 58,891 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 58,891 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,919 kg/ha, in 1973.
Puerto Rico ranks 48th 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 — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,263 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,280 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 7,156 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 12,036 kg/ha | +68.2% |
| 1965 | 11,702 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 9,354 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1967 | 9,175 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 8,973 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 8,275 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 9,305 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1971 | 8,900 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 9,237 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 6,919 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1974 | 8,505 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1975 | 11,546 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1976 | 11,560 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 10,205 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1978 | 10,309 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 11,342 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 8,310 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1981 | 8,489 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 8,239 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 8,064 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 10,118 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1985 | 9,770 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 10,049 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 10,750 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 13,392 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1989 | 13,501 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 13,041 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 35,754 kg/ha | +174.2% |
| 1992 | 36,528 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 37,301 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 38,075 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 38,849 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 39,623 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 40,397 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 41,170 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 41,944 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 42,718 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 43,546 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 45,496 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 46,202 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 46,204 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 46,150 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 46,304 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 45,854 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 47,047 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 47,754 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 50,077 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 51,209 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 57,006 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 53,459 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 55,226 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 54,090 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 54,030 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 54,147 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 55,494 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 56,684 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 57,523 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 57,849 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 57,933 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 58,405 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 58,891 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 58,891 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 71,720 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 58,891 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 45,814 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +174.2% | 13,041 kg/ha | 35,754 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +68.2% | 7,156 kg/ha | 12,036 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +35.7% | 8,505 kg/ha | 11,546 kg/ha |
| 1980 | -26.7% | 11,342 kg/ha | 8,310 kg/ha |
| 1973 | -25.1% | 9,237 kg/ha | 6,919 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +25.5% | 8,064 kg/ha | 10,118 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,024 kg/ha | 7,156 kg/ha | 12,036 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,783 kg/ha | 6,919 kg/ha | 11,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,068 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 13,501 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,268 kg/ha | 13,041 kg/ha | 41,944 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,728 kg/ha | 42,718 kg/ha | 47,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,142 kg/ha | 50,077 kg/ha | 57,006 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,120 kg/ha | 57,523 kg/ha | 58,891 kg/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 — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Tomatoes — yield in Puerto Rico was 58,891 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 58,891 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,919 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 48th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.