Vegetables Primary — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 3,628 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Trinidad and Tobago recorded 3,628 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 28.5% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 15,462 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 2,824 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,091 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,773 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 12,613 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 12,224 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 11,885 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 11,858 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 12,164 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 12,867 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 12,320 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 12,306 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 12,498 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 13,316 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 13,892 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 14,634 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 15,258 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 15,462 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 15,433 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 15,175 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 14,957 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 15,202 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 15,255 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 15,307 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 12,654 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1984 | 12,458 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 10,665 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1986 | 11,238 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 10,452 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 10,505 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 10,935 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 10,011 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 10,059 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 9,633 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 9,326 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 9,630 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 10,438 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 10,597 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 10,079 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 10,822 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 10,009 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 11,116 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 10,385 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 9,522 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 9,251 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 8,849 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 8,359 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 8,671 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 4,189 kg/ha | -51.7% |
| 2008 | 3,715 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 3,662 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 5,000 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2011 | 5,640 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2012 | 6,033 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 4,525 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2014 | 3,889 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2015 | 4,786 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2016 | 5,423 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 4,198 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2018 | 5,192 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2019 | 4,518 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 5,300 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2021 | 6,671 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2022 | 6,571 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 2,824 kg/ha | -57.0% |
| 2024 | 3,628 kg/ha | +28.5% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 3,628 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 3,628 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,009 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -57.0% | 6,571 kg/ha | 2,824 kg/ha |
| 2007 | -51.7% | 8,671 kg/ha | 4,189 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,422 kg/ha | 11,858 kg/ha | 13,091 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,293 kg/ha | 12,306 kg/ha | 15,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,467 kg/ha | 10,452 kg/ha | 15,307 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,060 kg/ha | 9,326 kg/ha | 10,822 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,772 kg/ha | 3,662 kg/ha | 11,116 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,920 kg/ha | 3,889 kg/ha | 6,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,999 kg/ha | 2,824 kg/ha | 6,671 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 181 Sierra Leone 4,001 kg/ha compare
- 182 Tonga 3,927 kg/ha compare
- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 3,884 kg/ha compare
- 185 Nigeria 3,499 kg/ha compare
- 186 Ethiopia PDR 3,260 kg/ha compare
- 187 New Caledonia 1,344 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Trinidad and Tobago was 3,628 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 15,462 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,824 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.