Beans, dry — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Beans, dry — Yield was 1,050 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — yield in Jamaica stood at 1,050 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Jamaica peaked at 1,077 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 564.1 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Jamaica 72nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 564.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 575 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 600 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 578.9 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 571.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 625 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 714.3 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 704.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 751.9 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 687.5 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 721.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 732.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 724 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 666.7 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 623.7 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 583.8 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 587.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 661.9 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1979 | 709.8 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 807.3 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1981 | 870.6 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 860.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 832 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 849.9 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 827.4 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 836.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 745.8 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1988 | 771.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 764.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 995.4 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1991 | 818.2 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1992 | 938 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1993 | 981.4 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 963.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 1,000 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,010 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 983.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 950.2 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 1,015 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 986.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 1,018 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 1,024 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,058 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,058 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,065 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,067 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,050 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 1,055 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 1,036 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,052 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1,015 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 1,015 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,052 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 1,072 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,077 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,032 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 1,062 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 1,043 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 1,032 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,058 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 1,050 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 1,050 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,210 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 1,050 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 852.55 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +30.2% | 764.7 kg/ha | 995.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 631.64 kg/ha | 564.1 kg/ha | 751.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 669.85 kg/ha | 583.8 kg/ha | 732.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 816.66 kg/ha | 745.8 kg/ha | 870.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 968.99 kg/ha | 818.2 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,029 kg/ha | 950.2 kg/ha | 1,067 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,040 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,049 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 1,062 kg/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 beans, dry — yield in Jamaica?
- Beans, dry — yield in Jamaica was 1,050 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,077 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 564.1 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 72nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.