Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 2,675 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico is 2,675 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 6,140 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2,090 ha, in 2003.
Puerto Rico ranks 156th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,543 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,603 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 5,121 ha | +42.1% |
| 1964 | 4,077 ha | -20.4% |
| 1965 | 4,439 ha | +8.9% |
| 1966 | 5,086 ha | +14.6% |
| 1967 | 4,563 ha | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 3,773 ha | -17.3% |
| 1969 | 3,325 ha | -11.9% |
| 1970 | 3,693 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 3,587 ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 3,697 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 2,678 ha | -27.6% |
| 1974 | 2,748 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 3,291 ha | +19.8% |
| 1976 | 4,004 ha | +21.7% |
| 1977 | 3,750 ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 4,070 ha | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 4,140 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 4,502 ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 4,940 ha | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 5,155 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 5,420 ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 5,315 ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 5,190 ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 5,190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,730 ha | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 5,830 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 6,140 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 5,730 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 5,239 ha | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 5,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 4,910 ha | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 4,702 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 4,187 ha | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 3,961 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 3,753 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 3,990 ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 3,583 ha | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 3,942 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 3,743 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 3,112 ha | -16.9% |
| 2003 | 2,090 ha | -32.8% |
| 2004 | 2,838 ha | +35.8% |
| 2005 | 2,602 ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 2,626 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 2,651 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 2,601 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 2,611 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,720 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 2,699 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 3,064 ha | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 2,480 ha | -19.1% |
| 2014 | 2,207 ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 2,298 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 2,260 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 2,284 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,150 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 2,432 ha | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 2,551 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 2,679 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 3,037 ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 2,867 ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 2,675 ha | -6.7% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 2,675 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 32% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 2,675 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 36% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,170 ha | 3,325 ha | 5,121 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,566 ha | 2,678 ha | 4,140 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,341 ha | 4,502 ha | 6,140 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,526 ha | 3,583 ha | 5,730 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,882 ha | 2,090 ha | 3,942 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,459 ha | 2,150 ha | 3,064 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,762 ha | 2,551 ha | 3,037 ha | 5 |
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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)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 2,675 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 6,140 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,090 ha in 2003.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. 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 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.