Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 553 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Suriname, 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 Suriname is 553 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 1,886 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 355 ha, in 1975.
Suriname ranks 174th of 191 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 386 ha | — |
| 1962 | 408 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 457 ha | +12.0% |
| 1964 | 546 ha | +19.5% |
| 1965 | 445 ha | -18.5% |
| 1966 | 562 ha | +26.3% |
| 1967 | 655 ha | +16.5% |
| 1968 | 582 ha | -11.1% |
| 1969 | 544 ha | -6.5% |
| 1970 | 489 ha | -10.1% |
| 1971 | 462 ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 445 ha | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 507 ha | +13.9% |
| 1974 | 401 ha | -20.9% |
| 1975 | 355 ha | -11.5% |
| 1976 | 452 ha | +27.3% |
| 1977 | 455 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 414 ha | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 516 ha | +24.6% |
| 1980 | 583 ha | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 815 ha | +39.8% |
| 1982 | 676 ha | -17.1% |
| 1983 | 598 ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 642 ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 666 ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 603 ha | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 1,132 ha | +87.7% |
| 1988 | 1,101 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 1,117 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 1,515 ha | +35.6% |
| 1991 | 1,629 ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 1,616 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 1,757 ha | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 1,728 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 1,676 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 1,810 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 1,886 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 1,604 ha | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 1,430 ha | -10.8% |
| 2000 | 1,340 ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 1,270 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 1,201 ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 1,153 ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 1,243 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 1,189 ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 1,041 ha | -12.4% |
| 2007 | 815 ha | -21.7% |
| 2008 | 642 ha | -21.2% |
| 2009 | 736 ha | +14.6% |
| 2010 | 760 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 720 ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 608 ha | -15.6% |
| 2013 | 1,021 ha | +67.9% |
| 2014 | 1,436 ha | +40.6% |
| 2015 | 1,399 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,676 ha | +19.8% |
| 2017 | 1,390 ha | -17.1% |
| 2018 | 1,442 ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 1,290 ha | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 964 ha | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 563 ha | -41.6% |
| 2022 | 510 ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 586 ha | +14.9% |
| 2024 | 553 ha | -5.6% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 553 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 1% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 553 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 7% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +87.7% | 603 ha | 1,132 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 509.44 ha | 386 ha | 655 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 449.6 ha | 355 ha | 516 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 793.3 ha | 583 ha | 1,132 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,665 ha | 1,430 ha | 1,886 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,063 ha | 642 ha | 1,340 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,174 ha | 608 ha | 1,676 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 635.2 ha | 510 ha | 964 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 171 Singapore 1,004 ha compare
- 172 Mauritania 895 ha compare
- 173 Seychelles 663 ha compare
- 175 Estonia 510 ha compare
- 176 Kiribati 475 ha compare
- 177 Sao Tome and Principe 452 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Suriname?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Suriname was 553 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1,886 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 355 ha in 1975.
- How does Suriname rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.