Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 993.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 993.3 kg/ha for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 2,436 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 888.9 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Puerto Rico 104th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,134 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,275 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 1,389 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 1,238 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1965 | 1,458 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1966 | 1,060 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1967 | 1,500 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1968 | 1,657 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1969 | 1,514 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 1,478 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 1,658 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 1,616 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 1,616 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,628 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 1,977 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 1,716 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1977 | 1,520 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 1,544 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 1,456 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 1,509 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 1,549 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 1,924 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1983 | 1,924 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,586 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1985 | 1,568 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 1,661 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 2,436 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1988 | 1,744 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1989 | 1,475 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1990 | 1,111 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1991 | 888.9 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 1,250 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1993 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,011 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 994.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 998.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,005 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,004 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,002 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,001 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 997 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 998.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 995.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 991.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 990.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 990.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 989.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 991.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 994.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 993.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 993.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,358 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,657 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,621 kg/ha | 1,456 kg/ha | 1,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,737 kg/ha | 1,475 kg/ha | 2,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,050 kg/ha | 888.9 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,000 kg/ha | 994.6 kg/ha | 1,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 997.53 kg/ha | 990.2 kg/ha | 1,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 992.36 kg/ha | 989.2 kg/ha | 994.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 101 Russian Federation 1,032 kg/ha compare
- 102 Angola 1,030 kg/ha compare
- 103 Palestine, State of 1,002 kg/ha compare
- 105 Réunion 956.5 kg/ha compare
- 106 Burundi 887.1 kg/ha compare
- 107 Solomon Islands 878.8 kg/ha 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)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Puerto Rico was 993.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 2,436 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 888.9 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 104th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.