Bananas — Production in Jamaica
Jamaica: Bananas — Production was 62,998 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Production in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 62,998 t for bananas — production in 2024.
The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Jamaica peaked at 240,400 t in 1966 and was at its lowest, 36,200 t, in 2008.
That places Jamaica 62nd out of 142 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 — Production in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 176,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 183,500 t | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 199,300 t | +8.6% |
| 1964 | 213,600 t | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 238,900 t | +11.8% |
| 1966 | 240,400 t | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 234,200 t | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 198,000 t | -15.5% |
| 1969 | 196,000 t | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 195,000 t | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 187,000 t | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 189,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 169,000 t | -10.6% |
| 1974 | 132,000 t | -21.9% |
| 1975 | 127,000 t | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 140,000 t | +10.2% |
| 1977 | 160,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 160,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 170,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 140,000 t | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 150,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 160,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 160,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 155,000 t | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 150,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 145,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 140,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 135,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 130,000 t | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 127,660 t | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 134,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 130,000 t | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 125,000 t | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 120,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 130,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 135,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 130,000 t | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 120,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 112,000 t | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 102,000 t | -8.9% |
| 2001 | 108,000 t | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 109,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 115,000 t | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 125,000 t | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 104,318 t | -16.5% |
| 2006 | 86,232 t | -17.3% |
| 2007 | 83,637 t | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 36,200 t | -56.7% |
| 2009 | 52,765 t | +45.8% |
| 2010 | 53,649 t | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 46,660 t | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 47,473 t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 37,211 t | -21.6% |
| 2014 | 51,581 t | +38.6% |
| 2015 | 54,810 t | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 58,702 t | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 64,816 t | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 66,381 t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 63,653 t | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 62,257 t | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 64,732 t | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 72,848 t | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 70,369 t | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 62,998 t | -10.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 62,998 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 62,998 t, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 62,998 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 90,616 t, 70% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Production 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 | -56.7% | 83,637 t | 36,200 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 208,911 t | 176,300 t | 240,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 162,900 t | 127,000 t | 195,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 146,500 t | 130,000 t | 160,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 126,366 t | 112,000 t | 135,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 92,215 t | 36,200 t | 125,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,494 t | 37,211 t | 66,381 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 66,641 t | 62,257 t | 72,848 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 59 Belize 85,072 t compare
- 60 Comoros 80,029 t compare
- 61 Ethiopia PDR 80,000 t compare
- 63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 59,515 t compare
- 64 Jordan 58,438 t compare
- 65 Central African Republic 57,240 t compare
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 — production in Jamaica?
- Bananas — production in Jamaica was 62,998 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 240,400 t in 1966.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,200 t in 2008.
- How does Jamaica rank for bananas — production?
- Jamaica ranks 62nd out of 142 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. 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 — Production. 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.