Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 257,057 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 257,057 ha.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 395,540 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 90,585 ha, in 1969.
Caribbean ranks 24th of 29 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 97,564 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105,288 ha | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 105,015 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 117,081 ha | +11.5% |
| 1965 | 100,158 ha | -14.5% |
| 1966 | 106,805 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 115,589 ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 108,930 ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 90,585 ha | -16.8% |
| 1970 | 100,439 ha | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 113,757 ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 127,295 ha | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 129,661 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 134,609 ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 148,454 ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 148,001 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 142,563 ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 135,195 ha | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 135,885 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 156,854 ha | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 157,403 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 160,028 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 173,766 ha | +8.6% |
| 1984 | 174,055 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 175,241 ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 178,337 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 166,633 ha | -6.6% |
| 1988 | 182,813 ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 197,281 ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 196,211 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 212,795 ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 226,158 ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 205,334 ha | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 188,731 ha | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 180,147 ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 196,071 ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 187,788 ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 217,919 ha | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 225,559 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 261,469 ha | +15.9% |
| 2001 | 290,226 ha | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 317,341 ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 351,298 ha | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 395,540 ha | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 391,006 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 324,857 ha | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 324,161 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 351,090 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 372,842 ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 330,096 ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 315,110 ha | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 311,544 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 318,541 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 290,891 ha | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 281,488 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 287,832 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 299,091 ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 288,910 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 278,699 ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 243,361 ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 246,986 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 264,192 ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 240,554 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 257,057 ha | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105,224 ha | 90,585 ha | 117,081 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 131,586 ha | 100,439 ha | 148,454 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 172,241 ha | 156,854 ha | 197,281 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 203,671 ha | 180,147 ha | 226,158 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 337,983 ha | 261,469 ha | 395,540 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 300,220 ha | 278,699 ha | 330,096 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 250,430 ha | 240,554 ha | 264,192 ha | 5 |
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- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 7.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 24.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 14.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Caribbean was 257,057 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 395,540 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,585 ha in 1969.
- How does Caribbean rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 24th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.