Yautia — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Yautia — Area harvested was 6,590 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yautia — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 6,590 ha for yautia — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 60.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yautia — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 27,027 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,778 ha, in 1971.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yautia — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,500 ha | +75.0% |
| 1964 | 10,300 ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1967 | 9,005 ha | -40.0% |
| 1968 | 9,887 ha | +9.8% |
| 1969 | 8,023 ha | -18.9% |
| 1970 | 3,013 ha | -62.4% |
| 1971 | 2,778 ha | -7.8% |
| 1972 | 8,057 ha | +190.0% |
| 1973 | 6,871 ha | -14.7% |
| 1974 | 7,747 ha | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 7,464 ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 8,421 ha | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 14,357 ha | +70.5% |
| 1978 | 19,556 ha | +36.2% |
| 1979 | 21,433 ha | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 17,241 ha | -19.6% |
| 1981 | 13,116 ha | -23.9% |
| 1982 | 9,700 ha | -26.0% |
| 1983 | 8,200 ha | -15.5% |
| 1984 | 9,100 ha | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 9,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 9,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 9,900 ha | +8.8% |
| 1988 | 10,600 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 12,700 ha | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 10,500 ha | -17.3% |
| 1991 | 12,019 ha | +14.5% |
| 1992 | 6,784 ha | -43.6% |
| 1993 | 7,278 ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 6,866 ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 5,617 ha | -18.2% |
| 1996 | 6,967 ha | +24.0% |
| 1997 | 7,703 ha | +10.6% |
| 1998 | 9,071 ha | +17.8% |
| 1999 | 9,233 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 11,928 ha | +29.2% |
| 2001 | 13,471 ha | +12.9% |
| 2002 | 16,711 ha | +24.1% |
| 2003 | 17,212 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 22,587 ha | +31.2% |
| 2005 | 22,565 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 17,483 ha | -22.5% |
| 2007 | 21,335 ha | +22.0% |
| 2008 | 26,581 ha | +24.6% |
| 2009 | 27,027 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 19,795 ha | -26.8% |
| 2011 | 16,242 ha | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 15,305 ha | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 16,400 ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 16,720 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 17,008 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 14,940 ha | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 11,401 ha | -23.7% |
| 2018 | 13,920 ha | +22.1% |
| 2019 | 11,313 ha | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 6,951 ha | -38.6% |
| 2021 | 5,895 ha | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 6,577 ha | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 6,787 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 6,590 ha | -2.9% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 6,590 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 623 ha, 10.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 6,590 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 720.5 ha, 9.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yautia — Area harvested in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +190.0% | 2,778 ha | 8,057 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,524 ha | 6,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,970 ha | 2,778 ha | 21,433 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,866 ha | 8,200 ha | 17,241 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,204 ha | 5,617 ha | 12,019 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,690 ha | 11,928 ha | 27,027 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,304 ha | 11,313 ha | 19,795 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,560 ha | 5,895 ha | 6,951 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 1 Dominican Republic 6,849 ha compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8,178 ha compare
- 3 El Salvador 4,718 ha compare
- 4 Costa Rica 1,124 ha compare
- 4 Caribbean 14,736 ha compare
- 5 Dominica 946 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 yautia — area harvested in Cuba?
- Yautia — area harvested in Cuba was 6,590 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yautia — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 27,027 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest yautia — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,778 ha in 1971.
- How does Cuba rank for yautia — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 2nd out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yautia — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.6%. 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 Yautia — 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.