Trinidad and Tobago: Cereal production (metric tons)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Trinidad and Tobago's cereal production (metric tons) rose 140.6% on 2023 (from 326 to 784.4).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −2.1% and a typical year strayed about 48.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 160.8% in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 64.5% in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 172.97 a year. A straight line explains 64% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Trinidad and Tobago had the 166th highest value of the 177 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Trinidad and Tobago in the 2024 ranking

• Mauritius — 163rd of 177: 1,289
• Vanuatu — 164th of 177: 985.44
• São Tomé and Principe — 165th of 177: 796.13
• Bahamas, The — 167th of 177: 604.91
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 168th of 177: 427
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 169th of 177: 289.81

What this measures

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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Limitations: Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use. The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 64 values

Cereal production (metric tons) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 50.37 (2024)
• Argentina — 85.73 million (2024)
• Bahamas, The — 604.91 (2024)
• Barbados — 1.1 (2024)
• Belize — 145,751 (2024)
• Bolivia — 3.74 million (2024)
• Brazil — 138.98 million (2024)
• Chile — 2.56 million (2024)
• Colombia — 4.34 million (2024)
• Costa Rica — 72,256 (2024)
• Cuba — 307,959 (2024)

More environment data for Trinidad and Tobago

• Population in largest city — 546,564 (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 74.04% (2025)
• Rural population — 629,587 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 46.03% (2025)
• Urban population — 738,177 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 53.97% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 4.5 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 12,938 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 12,943 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Trinidad and Tobago's cereal production (metric tons)?

784.4 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is down 93.75% from 12,560 in 1961 (4.31% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 25,522 in 1992 and the lowest 125 in 2022.

How does Trinidad and Tobago rank?

166th highest of 177 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in cereal production (metric tons) unusual for Trinidad and Tobago?

In 2024, Trinidad and Tobago's cereal production (metric tons) rose 140.6% on 2023 (from 326 to 784.4). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −2.1% and a typical year strayed about 48.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.PRD.CREL.MT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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