Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 0.92 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Puerto Rico stood at 0.92 t.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 17,191 t in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.82 t, in 2020.
That places Puerto Rico 120th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,478 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,934 t | +11.7% |
| 1963 | 15,558 t | +11.7% |
| 1964 | 14,590 t | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 17,191 t | +17.8% |
| 1966 | 7,502 t | -56.4% |
| 1967 | 5,602 t | -25.3% |
| 1968 | 5,080 t | -9.3% |
| 1969 | 3,629 t | -28.6% |
| 1970 | 2,963 t | -18.4% |
| 1971 | 2,151 t | -27.4% |
| 1972 | 3,175 t | +47.6% |
| 1973 | 2,268 t | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 3,039 t | +34.0% |
| 1975 | 1,821 t | -40.1% |
| 1976 | 2,023 t | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 1,912 t | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 1,578 t | -17.5% |
| 1979 | 1,488 t | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 949 t | -36.2% |
| 1981 | 731 t | -23.0% |
| 1982 | 227 t | -68.9% |
| 1983 | 152 t | -33.0% |
| 1984 | 436 t | +186.8% |
| 1985 | 309 t | -29.1% |
| 1986 | 196 t | -36.6% |
| 1987 | 95 t | -51.5% |
| 1988 | 68 t | -28.4% |
| 1989 | 59 t | -13.2% |
| 1990 | 10 t | -83.1% |
| 1991 | 8 t | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 5 t | -37.5% |
| 1993 | 5 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3 t | -40.0% |
| 1995 | 2 t | -33.3% |
| 1996 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.98 t | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.42 t | -28.3% |
| 2010 | 1.46 t | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 1.45 t | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.43 t | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.42 t | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.35 t | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 1.22 t | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 1.13 t | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 1.05 t | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.97 t | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 0.87 t | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 0.82 t | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 0.95 t | +15.9% |
| 2022 | 0.96 t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.93 t | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 0.92 t | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,618 t | 3,629 t | 17,191 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,242 t | 1,488 t | 3,175 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 322.2 t | 59 t | 949 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.1 t | 2 t | 10 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.94 t | 1.42 t | 2 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.23 t | 0.87 t | 1.46 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.916 t | 0.82 t | 0.96 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 117 Russian Federation 13.9 t compare
- 118 Israel 4.47 t compare
- 119 Benin 3.17 t compare
- 121 Cyprus 0 t compare
- 121 Czechia 0 t
- 121 Denmark 0 t
- 121 Estonia 0 t
- 121 Finland 0 t
- 121 Guadeloupe 0 t compare
- 121 Latvia 0 t
- 121 Lithuania 0 t
- 121 Luxembourg 0 t
- 121 Malta 0 t
- 121 Mauritius 0 t compare
- 121 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t
- 121 New Zealand 0 t compare
- 121 Portugal 0 t compare
- 121 Senegal 0 t compare
- 121 Singapore 0 t compare
- 121 Slovakia 0 t compare
- 121 Slovenia 0 t
- 121 Sweden 0 t compare
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)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — production in Puerto Rico?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Puerto Rico was 0.92 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 17,191 t in 1965.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.82 t in 2020.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 120th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.9%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Production. 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.