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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 accounts for 4% of labor force; crops--sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, tobacco, bananas; livestock--cattle, chickens; imports a large share of food needs
1991 accounts for 3% of labor force; crops--sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock--cattle, chickens; imports a large share of food needs
1992 accounts for 3% of labor force; crops - sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock - cattle, chickens; imports a large share of food needs
1993 accounts for only 3% of labor force and less than 2% of GDP: crops - sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock - cattle, chickens; imports a large share of food needs (1992)
1994 accounts for only 3% of labor force and less than 2% of GDP: crops - sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock - cattle, chickens; imports a large share of food needs (1992)
1995 accounts for only 3% of labor force and just over 1% of GDP; crops - sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock - cattle, chickens; imports a large share of food needs (1993)
1996 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; cattle, chickens
1997 livestock products, chickens; sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas
1998 livestock products, chickens; sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas
1999 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2000 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2001 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2002 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2003 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2004 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas, livestock products, chickens
2005 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas, livestock products, chickens
2006 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2007 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2008 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2009 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2010 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2011 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2012 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2013 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2014 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2015 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2016 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2017 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2018 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2019 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2020 sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
2021 milk, plantains, bananas, poultry, tomatoes, mangoes/guavas, eggs, oranges, gourds, papayas
2022 milk, plantains, bananas, poultry, tomatoes, mangoes/guavas, eggs, oranges, gourds, papayas
2023 milk, plantains, bananas, poultry, tomatoes, mangoes/guavas, eggs, oranges, gourds, papayas
2024 milk, plantains, bananas, chicken, tomatoes, mangoes/guavas, eggs, oranges, pumpkins/squash, papayas (2022) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2025 milk, plantains, bananas, tomatoes, chicken, oranges, mangoes/guavas, pineapples, eggs, pumpkins/squash (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage