Temporary crops — Area in Caribbean
Caribbean: Temporary crops — Area was 2,619 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Temporary crops — Area in Caribbean, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temporary crops — area in Caribbean is 2,619 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temporary crops — area in Caribbean peaked at 4,209 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2,436 1000 ha, in 2023.
Caribbean ranks 65th of 225 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,893 1000 ha | 3,660 1000 ha | 4,209 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,325 1000 ha | 2,874 1000 ha | 3,774 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,585 1000 ha | 2,436 1000 ha | 2,691 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
More environment data for Caribbean
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,207 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.68 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.16 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 33,179 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 22,277 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 11,108 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 11,507 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 51.65 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 45.59 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 5,246 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temporary crops — area in Caribbean?
- Temporary crops — area in Caribbean was 2,619 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temporary crops — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 4,209 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest temporary crops — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,436 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Caribbean rank for temporary crops — area?
- Caribbean ranks 65th out of 225 countries with data for 2024.
- Is temporary crops — area rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temporary crops — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.