Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 1,110 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 1,110 kg/ha for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 23.8% on the previous year and down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Cuba peaked at 1,860 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 153.9 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Cuba 98th out of 128 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 902.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 649.9 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1963 | 683.6 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 677.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 626.9 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1966 | 910.1 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 1967 | 740.1 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1968 | 780.1 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 688.3 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 611.3 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 535.9 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1972 | 496.2 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 604 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1974 | 639.1 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 611.2 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 729.6 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1977 | 668.5 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1978 | 736.6 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 624.1 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1980 | 153.9 kg/ha | -75.3% |
| 1981 | 824.8 kg/ha | +435.9% |
| 1982 | 643.9 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1983 | 453.2 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1984 | 811.7 kg/ha | +79.1% |
| 1985 | 706.3 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1986 | 725 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 696.2 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 782.6 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1989 | 882.6 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 698.3 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1991 | 620 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 551.5 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 493.1 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1994 | 469.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 651.5 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1996 | 758.1 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1997 | 667.4 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 773.4 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1999 | 667.5 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 711.3 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 777.8 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 1,016 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2003 | 1,155 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 1,147 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 1,280 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 1,099 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 1,120 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 932.8 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 1,014 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 1,012 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,460 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 2012 | 1,209 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2013 | 1,860 kg/ha | +53.8% |
| 2014 | 1,843 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,311 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2016 | 1,603 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2017 | 1,586 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1,801 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 1,671 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 1,588 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 1,572 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 896 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 2024 | 1,110 kg/ha | +23.8% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 1,110 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,027 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 1,110 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,803 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +435.9% | 153.9 kg/ha | 824.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 739.92 kg/ha | 626.9 kg/ha | 910.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 625.65 kg/ha | 496.2 kg/ha | 736.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 668.02 kg/ha | 153.9 kg/ha | 882.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 635.05 kg/ha | 469.7 kg/ha | 773.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,025 kg/ha | 711.3 kg/ha | 1,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,528 kg/ha | 1,012 kg/ha | 1,860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,367 kg/ha | 896 kg/ha | 1,671 kg/ha | 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Cuba?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Cuba was 1,110 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 1,860 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 153.9 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Cuba rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Cuba ranks 98th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.