Beans, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 101 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — area harvested in Jamaica stood at 101 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 353 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 35 ha, in 1965.
That places Jamaica 116th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 38 ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 35 ha | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 64 ha | +82.9% |
| 1967 | 70 ha | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 71 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 129 ha | +81.7% |
| 1970 | 208 ha | +61.2% |
| 1971 | 226 ha | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 273 ha | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 291 ha | +16.4% |
| 1975 | 295 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 334 ha | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 252 ha | -24.6% |
| 1978 | 281 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 255 ha | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 218 ha | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 255 ha | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 208 ha | -18.4% |
| 1983 | 256 ha | +23.1% |
| 1984 | 353 ha | +37.9% |
| 1985 | 336 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 220 ha | -34.5% |
| 1987 | 236 ha | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 171 ha | -27.5% |
| 1989 | 187 ha | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 219 ha | +17.1% |
| 1991 | 231 ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 242 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 215 ha | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 218 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 193 ha | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 208 ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 183 ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 349 ha | +90.7% |
| 2000 | 281 ha | -19.5% |
| 2001 | 259 ha | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 221 ha | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 224 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 206 ha | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 120 ha | -41.7% |
| 2006 | 137 ha | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 108 ha | -21.2% |
| 2008 | 104 ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 119 ha | +14.4% |
| 2010 | 116 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 128 ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 141 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 135 ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 136 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 136 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 147 ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 139 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 137 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 124 ha | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 113 ha | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 116 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 126 ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 104 ha | -17.5% |
| 2024 | 101 ha | -2.9% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 101 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25,950 ha, 0% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 101 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 34,416 ha, 0% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +90.7% | 183 ha | 349 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58.44 ha | 35 ha | 129 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 266.5 ha | 208 ha | 334 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 244 ha | 171 ha | 353 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 225.8 ha | 183 ha | 349 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 177.9 ha | 104 ha | 281 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 133.9 ha | 116 ha | 147 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 112 ha | 101 ha | 126 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 beans, dry — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Jamaica was 101 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 353 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 ha in 1965.
- How does Jamaica rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 116th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.