Bananas — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Bananas — Area harvested was 8,247 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Jamaica stood at 8,247 ha.
The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 38,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 4,500 ha, in 2008.
That places Jamaica 52nd out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1963 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 36,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 25,000 ha | -30.6% |
| 1967 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1989 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 16,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 12,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 13,500 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 13,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14,500 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 15,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 13,130 ha | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 10,900 ha | -17.0% |
| 2007 | 10,600 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 4,500 ha | -57.5% |
| 2009 | 6,600 ha | +46.7% |
| 2010 | 7,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 6,400 ha | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 6,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 4,919 ha | -25.5% |
| 2014 | 6,500 ha | +32.1% |
| 2015 | 6,971 ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 7,621 ha | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 8,532 ha | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 8,785 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 8,426 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 8,225 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 8,506 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 9,543 ha | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 9,215 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 8,247 ha | -10.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 8,247 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 8,247 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -57.5% | 10,600 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 2009 | +46.7% | 4,500 ha | 6,600 ha |
| 2014 | +32.1% | 4,919 ha | 6,500 ha |
| 1966 | -30.6% | 36,000 ha | 25,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,222 ha | 20,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,800 ha | 16,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,750 ha | 14,000 ha | 16,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,523 ha | 4,500 ha | 15,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,225 ha | 4,919 ha | 8,785 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,747 ha | 8,225 ha | 9,543 ha | 5 |
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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 bananas — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Bananas — area harvested in Jamaica was 8,247 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 38,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 2008.
- How does Jamaica rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 52nd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. 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 Bananas — 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.