Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 115,552 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Cuba stood at 115,552 ha.
The figure is up 10.6% on the previous year and down 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 302,780 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 24,895 ha, in 1969.
Cuba ranks 55th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,140 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55,225 ha | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 51,664 ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 62,701 ha | +21.4% |
| 1965 | 42,793 ha | -31.8% |
| 1966 | 44,427 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 51,761 ha | +16.5% |
| 1968 | 44,145 ha | -14.7% |
| 1969 | 24,895 ha | -43.6% |
| 1970 | 30,753 ha | +23.5% |
| 1971 | 40,105 ha | +30.4% |
| 1972 | 49,898 ha | +24.4% |
| 1973 | 50,462 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 52,348 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 62,876 ha | +20.1% |
| 1976 | 60,253 ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 59,436 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 48,386 ha | -18.6% |
| 1979 | 48,384 ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 64,984 ha | +34.3% |
| 1981 | 68,128 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 70,761 ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 79,557 ha | +12.4% |
| 1984 | 81,033 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 77,519 ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 79,548 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 67,034 ha | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 85,871 ha | +28.1% |
| 1989 | 98,240 ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 99,710 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 119,088 ha | +19.4% |
| 1992 | 132,209 ha | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 110,810 ha | -16.2% |
| 1994 | 102,201 ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 92,984 ha | -9.0% |
| 1996 | 106,855 ha | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 98,791 ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 132,111 ha | +33.7% |
| 1999 | 132,836 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 171,651 ha | +29.2% |
| 2001 | 195,411 ha | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 225,272 ha | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 257,024 ha | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 302,780 ha | +17.8% |
| 2005 | 294,454 ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 223,749 ha | -24.0% |
| 2007 | 224,005 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 250,524 ha | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 270,521 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 229,739 ha | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 204,740 ha | -10.9% |
| 2012 | 203,794 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 208,722 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 186,512 ha | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 176,855 ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 178,613 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 187,693 ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 172,423 ha | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 159,376 ha | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 129,435 ha | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 133,361 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 132,105 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 104,506 ha | -20.9% |
| 2024 | 115,552 ha | +10.6% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 115,552 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 2.8× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 115,552 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 15.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,417 ha | 24,895 ha | 62,701 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,290 ha | 30,753 ha | 62,876 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,268 ha | 64,984 ha | 98,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 112,760 ha | 92,984 ha | 132,836 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 241,539 ha | 171,651 ha | 302,780 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 190,847 ha | 159,376 ha | 229,739 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 122,992 ha | 104,506 ha | 133,361 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Cuba?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Cuba was 115,552 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 302,780 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,895 ha in 1969.
- How does Cuba rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 55th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.