Barbados vs Jamaica: Cassava yields
Barbados
19.87 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Jamaica
20.31 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Barbados rank
16th
Jamaica rank
14th
Cassava yields over time
- Barbados
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 20.31 tonnes per hectare against 19.87 tonnes per hectare in Barbados, a difference of 0.44 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 16th and Jamaica ranks 14th of 101 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and Jamaica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.47 tonnes per hectare | 9.85 tonnes per hectare | 19.62 tonnes per hectare | Barbados |
| 1970s | 25.68 tonnes per hectare | 8.96 tonnes per hectare | 16.72 tonnes per hectare | Barbados |
| 1980s | 23.4 tonnes per hectare | 11.52 tonnes per hectare | 11.88 tonnes per hectare | Barbados |
| 1990s | 18.41 tonnes per hectare | 17.57 tonnes per hectare | 0.8383 tonnes per hectare | Barbados |
| 2000s | 19.64 tonnes per hectare | 18.56 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | Barbados |
| 2010s | 19.89 tonnes per hectare | 19.15 tonnes per hectare | 0.7331 tonnes per hectare | Barbados |
| 2020s | 19.88 tonnes per hectare | 20.58 tonnes per hectare | 0.6937 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava yields, Barbados or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 20.31 tonnes per hectare against 19.87 tonnes per hectare in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava yields between Barbados and Jamaica?
- 0.44 tonnes per hectare, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Jamaica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Jamaica rank globally for cassava yields?
- Barbados ranks 16th and Jamaica ranks 14th of 101 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cassava yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.