Avocados — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Avocados — Area harvested was 362 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Avocados — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — area harvested in Jamaica is 362 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 544 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 360 ha, in 2022.
That places Jamaica 42nd out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 530 ha | — |
| 1986 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 536 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 473 ha | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 474 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 544 ha | +14.8% |
| 1994 | 503 ha | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 497 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 492 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 486 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 480 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 473 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 467 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 460 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 453 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 445 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 439 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 433 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 427 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 421 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 415 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 409 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 398 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 392 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 370 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 388 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 400 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 394 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 385 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 376 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 370 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 366 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 371 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 361 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 360 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 364 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 362 ha | -0.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 362 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,487 ha, 15% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 362 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 573 ha, 63% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 530 ha | 530 ha | 530 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 495.8 ha | 473 ha | 544 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 436.9 ha | 409 ha | 467 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 383.9 ha | 366 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 363.6 ha | 360 ha | 371 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Avocados — area harvested in Jamaica was 362 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 544 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 360 ha in 2022.
- How does Jamaica rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 42nd out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and 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 or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.