Vegetables Primary — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Vegetables Primary — Production was 3.38 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — production in Caribbean is 3.38 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Caribbean peaked at 5.00 million t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 553,507 t, in 1961.
Caribbean ranks 26th of 29 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 553,507 t | — |
| 1962 | 595,248 t | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 575,443 t | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 645,123 t | +12.1% |
| 1965 | 644,915 t | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 698,953 t | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 764,622 t | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 696,013 t | -9.0% |
| 1969 | 608,869 t | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 640,444 t | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 741,094 t | +15.7% |
| 1972 | 724,069 t | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 877,261 t | +21.2% |
| 1974 | 1.13 million t | +29.1% |
| 1975 | 1.06 million t | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 1.10 million t | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 989,173 t | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 994,051 t | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 1.01 million t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 1.16 million t | +15.5% |
| 1981 | 1.34 million t | +15.5% |
| 1982 | 1.24 million t | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 1.20 million t | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 1.32 million t | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 1.41 million t | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 1.37 million t | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 1.35 million t | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 1.45 million t | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 1.36 million t | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 1.20 million t | -11.6% |
| 1991 | 1.13 million t | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 1.34 million t | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 1.18 million t | -12.1% |
| 1994 | 1.12 million t | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 1.29 million t | +15.3% |
| 1996 | 1.51 million t | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 1.50 million t | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.68 million t | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 2.46 million t | +46.5% |
| 2000 | 3.33 million t | +35.6% |
| 2001 | 3.62 million t | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 4.23 million t | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 4.83 million t | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 4.97 million t | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 5.00 million t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 3.75 million t | -25.0% |
| 2007 | 3.60 million t | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 3.43 million t | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 3.60 million t | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 3.29 million t | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 3.51 million t | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 3.38 million t | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 3.59 million t | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 3.56 million t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3.52 million t | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 3.63 million t | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 3.69 million t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 3.56 million t | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 3.44 million t | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 3.01 million t | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 3.06 million t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 3.24 million t | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 3.20 million t | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 3.38 million t | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 642,521 t | 553,507 t | 764,622 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 926,397 t | 640,444 t | 1.13 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.32 million t | 1.16 million t | 1.45 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.44 million t | 1.12 million t | 2.46 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.04 million t | 3.33 million t | 5.00 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.52 million t | 3.29 million t | 3.69 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.18 million t | 3.01 million t | 3.38 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 23 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 5.11 million t compare
- 24 Myanmar 5.02 million t compare
- 25 Morocco 4.94 million t compare
- 26 Poland 4.73 million t compare
- 27 Nepal 4.66 million t compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 789,750 t compare
- 28 Guinea 4.03 million t compare
- 29 Argentina 3.92 million t compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 25,114 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- 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 — production in Caribbean?
- Vegetables primary — production in Caribbean was 3.38 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 5.00 million t in 2005.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 553,507 t in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Production. 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.