Avocados — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Avocados — Yield was 6,746 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Avocados — Yield in Jamaica, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 6,746 kg/ha for avocados — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Jamaica peaked at 7,404 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 5,660 kg/ha, in 1985.
Jamaica ranks 43rd of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Avocados — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5,660 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 5,660 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,660 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,660 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,038 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 5,716 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 7,404 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1992 | 7,381 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 7,357 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 7,334 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 7,310 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 7,287 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 7,263 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 7,240 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 7,216 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 7,193 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 7,169 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 7,146 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 7,122 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 7,084 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 7,030 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 6,977 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 6,924 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 6,871 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 6,818 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 6,842 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 6,786 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 6,757 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 6,640 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 6,500 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 6,422 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 6,360 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 6,712 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 6,632 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 6,552 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 6,633 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 6,754 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 6,767 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 6,717 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 6,746 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 6,746 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,090 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 6,746 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,908 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +29.5% | 5,716 kg/ha | 7,404 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,736 kg/ha | 5,660 kg/ha | 6,038 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,151 kg/ha | 5,716 kg/ha | 7,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,033 kg/ha | 6,818 kg/ha | 7,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,620 kg/ha | 6,360 kg/ha | 6,842 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,723 kg/ha | 6,633 kg/ha | 6,767 kg/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 — yield in Jamaica?
- Avocados — yield in Jamaica was 6,746 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 7,404 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,660 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Jamaica rank for avocados — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 43rd out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.