Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Bahamas
Bahamas: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 3,408 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Bahamas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Bahamas stood at 3,408 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Bahamas peaked at 3,437 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,630 ha, in 1961.
That places Bahamas 150th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,630 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,680 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 1,710 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 1,780 ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 1,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 1,825 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 1,836 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 1,873 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 1,892 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 1,925 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 1,976 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 1,938 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 2,015 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 2,128 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 2,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 2,220 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 2,223 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 2,175 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 2,182 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 2,253 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 2,175 ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 2,188 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 2,192 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 2,792 ha | +27.4% |
| 1986 | 2,795 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 2,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 2,788 ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 2,798 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 2,730 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 2,660 ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 2,590 ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 2,455 ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 2,326 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 2,330 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,326 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,280 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 2,265 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 2,326 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 2,442 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 2,442 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,539 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 2,670 ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 2,782 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 2,724 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 2,825 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 2,630 ha | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 2,584 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 2,615 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 2,870 ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 2,886 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 3,179 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 2,873 ha | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 3,237 ha | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 3,270 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 3,275 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 3,324 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 3,380 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 3,437 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 3,385 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 3,404 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,413 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,402 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,408 ha | +0.2% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 3,408 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 41% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 3,408 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 46% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +27.4% | 2,192 ha | 2,792 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,781 ha | 1,630 ha | 1,892 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,080 ha | 1,925 ha | 2,223 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,496 ha | 2,175 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,429 ha | 2,265 ha | 2,730 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,625 ha | 2,442 ha | 2,825 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,173 ha | 2,870 ha | 3,437 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,402 ha | 3,385 ha | 3,413 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0273 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0323 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Bahamas?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Bahamas was 3,408 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 3,437 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,630 ha in 1961.
- How does Bahamas rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Bahamas ranks 150th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Area harvested. 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.