Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Cuba
Cuba: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 12,482 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Cuba stood at 12,482 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Cuba peaked at 54,599 t in 1981 and was at its lowest, 8,219 t, in 1980.
Cuba ranks 29th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Cuba, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,639 t | — |
| 1962 | 51,534 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 48,056 t | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 43,783 t | -8.9% |
| 1965 | 35,107 t | -19.8% |
| 1966 | 51,787 t | +47.5% |
| 1967 | 45,296 t | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 46,414 t | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 36,271 t | -21.9% |
| 1970 | 31,726 t | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 24,757 t | -22.0% |
| 1972 | 39,551 t | +59.8% |
| 1973 | 43,548 t | +10.1% |
| 1974 | 44,685 t | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 42,337 t | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 51,621 t | +21.9% |
| 1977 | 43,290 t | -16.1% |
| 1978 | 41,021 t | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 32,206 t | -21.5% |
| 1980 | 8,219 t | -74.5% |
| 1981 | 54,599 t | +564.3% |
| 1982 | 44,947 t | -17.7% |
| 1983 | 30,180 t | -32.9% |
| 1984 | 44,642 t | +47.9% |
| 1985 | 44,637 t | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 45,604 t | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 38,790 t | -14.9% |
| 1988 | 39,414 t | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 41,606 t | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 37,129 t | -10.8% |
| 1991 | 29,865 t | -19.6% |
| 1992 | 24,636 t | -17.5% |
| 1993 | 19,892 t | -19.3% |
| 1994 | 17,084 t | -14.1% |
| 1995 | 24,989 t | +46.3% |
| 1996 | 31,485 t | +26.0% |
| 1997 | 30,938 t | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 37,870 t | +22.4% |
| 1999 | 30,562 t | -19.3% |
| 2000 | 32,237 t | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 31,751 t | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 34,494 t | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 25,600 t | -25.8% |
| 2004 | 31,700 t | +23.8% |
| 2005 | 26,000 t | -18.0% |
| 2006 | 29,700 t | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 25,600 t | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 21,500 t | -16.0% |
| 2009 | 25,200 t | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 20,500 t | -18.7% |
| 2011 | 19,900 t | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 19,500 t | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 24,000 t | +23.1% |
| 2014 | 19,800 t | -17.5% |
| 2015 | 24,500 t | +23.7% |
| 2016 | 19,700 t | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 30,800 t | +56.3% |
| 2018 | 30,000 t | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 28,584 t | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 25,780 t | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 21,927 t | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 19,040 t | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 12,248 t | -35.7% |
| 2024 | 12,482 t | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,321 t | 35,107 t | 51,787 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,474 t | 24,757 t | 51,621 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,264 t | 8,219 t | 54,599 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,445 t | 17,084 t | 37,870 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,378 t | 21,500 t | 34,494 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,728 t | 19,500 t | 30,800 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,295 t | 12,248 t | 25,780 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.24 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.24 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — production in Cuba?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Cuba was 12,482 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 54,599 t in 1981.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,219 t in 1980.
- How does Cuba rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Cuba ranks 29th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — Production. 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.