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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 accounts for 40% of GDP; most of population works in subsistence agriculture and fishing; plantations produce cash crops for export--vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, and copra; principal food crops--coconuts, bananas, cassava; world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang (for perfumes) and second-largest producer of vanilla; large net food importer
1991 accounts for 40% of GDP; most of population works in subsistence agriculture and fishing; plantations produce cash crops for export--vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, and copra; principal food crops--coconuts, bananas, cassava; world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang (for perfumes) and second-largest producer of vanilla; large net food importer
1992 accounts for 34% of GDP; most of population works in subsistence agriculture and fishing; plantations produce cash crops for export - vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, and copra; principal food crops - coconuts, bananas, cassava; world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang (for perfumes) and second-largest producer of vanilla; large net food importer
1993 accounts for 40% of GDP; most of population works in subsistence agriculture and fishing; plantations produce cash crops for export - vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra; principal food crops - coconuts, bananas, cassava; world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang (for perfumes) and second-largest producer of vanilla; large net food importer
1994 accounts for 40% of GDP; most of population works in subsistence agriculture and fishing; plantations produce cash crops for export - vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra; principal food crops - coconuts, bananas, cassava; world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang (for perfumes) and second-largest producer of vanilla; large net food importer
1995 accounts for 40% of GDP; most of population works in subsistence agriculture and fishing; plantations produce cash crops for export - vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra; principal food crops - coconuts, bananas, cassava; world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang (for perfumes) and second-largest producer of vanilla; large net food importer
1996 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
1997 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
1998 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
1999 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2000 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2001 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2002 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2003 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2004 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2005 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2006 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2007 vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2008 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2009 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2010 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2011 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
2012 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2013 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2014 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2015 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2016 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2017 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2018 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2019 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2020 vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coconuts, bananas, cassava (manioc)
2021 coconuts, cassava, rice, bananas, pulses nes, milk, taro, sweet potatoes, maize, cloves
2022 coconuts, cassava, rice, bananas, pulses nes, milk, taro, sweet potatoes, maize, cloves
2023 coconuts, cassava, rice, bananas, pulses nes, milk, taro, sweet potatoes, maize, cloves
2024 coconuts, bananas, cassava, yams, maize, taro, milk, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, pulses (2022) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2025 bananas, coconuts, cassava, yams, maize, taro, milk, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, pulses (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage