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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Environmental Indicators


FOOD PRODUCTION

 

Cereals, total

Cereals, total

Roots & Tubers

Roots & Tubers

 

Area Harvested in 1000 ha.

Production in 1000 MT

Area Harvested in 1000 ha.

Production in 1000 MT

 

1982-84

1992-94

% change

1982-84

1992-94

% change

1982-84

1992-94

% change

1982-84

1992-94

% change

Bahamas

1.0

1.0

0.0

1.0

1.0

0.0

 

 

 

2.0

2.0

0.0

Barbados

1.0

1.0

0.0

2.0

2.0

0.0

1.0

0.3

-66.7

9.0

4.3

-51.9

Cuba

231.7

173.3

-25.2

627.0

308.3

-50.8

153.3

152.7

-0.4

886.0

767.0

-13.4

Dominica

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.0

2.0

-33.3

27.3

23.0

-15.9

Dominican Rep

154.7

135.0

-12.7

571.7

580.7

1.6

28.7

40.0

39.5

199.3

252.3

26.6

Grenada

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.0

1.0

0.0

4.0

4.0

0.0

Guadeloupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.7

2.0

-25.0

26.0

22.3

-14.1

Guyana

89.0

92.7

4.1

283.7

280.7

-1.1

3.7

4.0

9.1

23.0

32.0

39.1

Haiti

400.3

424.3

6.0

417.0

397.3

-4.7

192.0

204.7

6.6

771.0

783.7

1.6

Jamaica

3.7

3.7

0.0

7.0

5.3

-23.8

18.0

17.7

-1.9

212.0

250.0

17.9

St. Lucia

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.7

3.0

12.5

10.3

11.3

9.7

St. Vincent/Grenadines

 

 

 

1.0

1.0

0.0

3.7

4.0

9.1

33.7

18.0

-46.5

Trinidad & Tobago

2.3

7.3

214.3

6.3

22.7

257.9

1.3

1.0

-25.0

14.7

11.0

-25.0

Caribbean

883.7

838.3

-5.1

1,916.7

1,599.0

-16.6

411.0

432.3

5.2

2,218.3

2,181.0

-1.7

Belize

13.7

17.0

24.4

25.0

25.7

2.7

 

 

 

3.0

4.0

33.3

Costa Rica

152.7

72.3

-52.6

330.3

230.3

-30.3

8.0

6.3

-20.8

55.3

159.0

187.3

El Salvador

369.7

479.3

29.7

638.3

948.3

48.6

2.0

3.0

50.0

28.3

51.3

81.2

Guatemala

707.7

813.3

14.9

1,222.7

1,492.0

22.0

15.0

13.0

-13.3

61.7

63.3

2.7

Honduras

392.3

501.3

27.8

535.3

673.3

25.8

2.0

4.7

133.3

19.0

43.7

129.8

Nicaragua

273.7

334.3

22.2

446.3

562.3

26.0

7.0

6.7

-4.8

79.0

78.0

-1.3

Panama

179.7

187.7

4.5

270.0

333.7

23.6

11.0

12.0

9.1

81.3

70.7

-13.1

Central America

2,089.3

2,405.3

15.1

3,468.0

4,265.7

23.0

45.0

45.7

1.5

327.7

470.0

43.4

Argentina

13,318.3

8,656.7

-35.0

32,569.7

25,123.0

-22.9

156.7

142.3

-9.1

2,481.0

2,479.3

-0.1

Bolivia

565.3

688.3

21.8

687.7

1,006.0

46.3

183.7

197.3

7.4

956.7

1,275.7

33.3

Brazil

19,830.0

19,646.7

-0.9

31,915.7

44,323.0

38.9

2,276.3

2,077.0

-8.8

25,445.0

25,835.3

1.5

Chile

691.3

633.0

-8.4

1,667.0

2,721.0

63.2

76.0

62.0

-18.4

861.0

956.7

11.1

Colombia

1,363.0

1,442.7

5.8

3,418.3

3,633.0

6.3

340.3

365.0

7.2

3,856.3

4,593.7

19.1

Ecuador

406.0

838.0

106.4

722.0

1,787.3

147.6

59.3

82.0

38.2

613.3

537.0

-12.4

French Guiana

1.0

7.3

633.3

2.3

25.3

985.7

1.0

2.7

166.7

12.7

35.7

181.6

Paraguay

550.7

463.3

-15.9

858.3

920.0

7.2

194.3

191.0

-1.7

2,725.7

2,705.3

-0.7

Peru

813.7

734.3

-9.8

1,846.0

1,967.0

6.6

301.0

279.3

-7.2

2,384.0

2,294.0

-3.8

Suriname

73.7

62.7

-14.9

290.3

234.3

-19.3

0.7

0.0

-100.0

4.0

4.0

0.0

Uruguay

551.7

545.3

-1.1

1,080.3

1,467.0

35.8

34.7

25.0

-27.9

194.0

218.7

12.7

Venezuela

709.7

716.3

0.9

1,405.7

1,969.0

40.1

76.0

70.3

-7.5

653.3

638.3

-2.3

South America

38,874.3

34,434.7

-11.4

76,463.3

85,176.0

11.4

3,700.0

3,494.0

-5.6

40,187.0

41,573.7

3.5

Mexico

9,698.0

10,045.7

3.6

22,168.7

27,206.7

22.7

80.7

78.0

-3.3

1,119.7

1,340.7

19.7

Latin America

51,546.0

47,725.0

-7.4

104,022.3

118,247.3

13.7

4243.3

4055.7

-4.4

43,921.7

45,605.7

3.8

Source: Food & Agriculture Organization, AGROSTAT PC.
Values are yearly averages for periods indicated. Percent change is the total change between periods, not the annual rate.
Because cereal crops (thus expected yields) vary from country to country, care should be taken in making comparisons.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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