Vegetables Primary — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 8,984 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Cuba stood at 8,984 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Cuba peaked at 14,762 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3,216 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Cuba 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,634 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,754 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 4,247 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1964 | 4,350 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 5,624 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1966 | 5,784 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 5,863 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 4,956 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1969 | 5,277 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 4,237 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1971 | 4,831 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1972 | 3,216 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 1973 | 5,096 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 1974 | 8,942 kg/ha | +75.5% |
| 1975 | 5,924 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1976 | 5,943 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 5,070 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1978 | 6,000 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1979 | 6,059 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 6,057 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,302 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1982 | 6,632 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1983 | 4,865 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1984 | 5,758 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 7,058 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1986 | 6,436 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 7,397 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1988 | 7,470 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 5,497 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1990 | 4,459 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1991 | 3,769 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1992 | 4,530 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1993 | 4,116 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 3,614 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1995 | 5,412 kg/ha | +49.8% |
| 1996 | 5,628 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 5,704 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 6,056 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 10,512 kg/ha | +73.6% |
| 2000 | 13,503 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2001 | 13,359 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 14,562 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 14,762 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 13,228 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 13,384 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 11,621 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 11,332 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 9,496 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2009 | 9,193 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 9,093 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 10,486 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 10,431 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 11,204 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 12,948 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 13,296 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 12,882 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 12,769 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 12,596 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 12,651 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 12,579 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 12,474 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 10,542 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 9,923 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 8,984 kg/ha | -9.5% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 8,984 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 8,984 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,009 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,054 kg/ha | 4,247 kg/ha | 5,863 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,532 kg/ha | 3,216 kg/ha | 8,942 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,547 kg/ha | 4,865 kg/ha | 8,302 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,380 kg/ha | 3,614 kg/ha | 10,512 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,444 kg/ha | 9,193 kg/ha | 14,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,836 kg/ha | 9,093 kg/ha | 13,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,900 kg/ha | 8,984 kg/ha | 12,579 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 139 Lesotho 9,123 kg/ha compare
- 140 Burkina Faso 9,073 kg/ha compare
- 141 Guinea 9,042 kg/ha compare
- 143 Grenada 8,880 kg/ha compare
- 144 Yugoslav SFR 8,749 kg/ha compare
- 145 Philippines 8,718 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Cuba?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Cuba was 8,984 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 14,762 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,216 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Cuba rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Cuba ranks 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.