Beeswax — Production in Jamaica
Jamaica: Beeswax — Production was 254.39 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beeswax — Production in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 254.39 t for beeswax — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beeswax — production in Jamaica peaked at 254.39 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 120 t, in 1962.
That places Jamaica 27th out of 52 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.
Beeswax — Production in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 122 t | — |
| 1962 | 120 t | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 120 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 120 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 120 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 120 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 160 t | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 150 t | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 156 t | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 138 t | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 140 t | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 150 t | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 160 t | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 170 t | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 180 t | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 190 t | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 200 t | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 210 t | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 220 t | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 220 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 230 t | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 235 t | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 240 t | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 250 t | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 250.37 t | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 251.97 t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 253.06 t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 253.47 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 253.45 t | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 253.34 t | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 253.24 t | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 253.83 t | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 253.99 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 254.19 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 254.39 t | +0.1% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 254.39 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 254.39 t, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 254.39 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 235.88 t, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132 t | 120 t | 160 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 167.8 t | 138 t | 210 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 234.5 t | 220 t | 240 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 240 t | 240 t | 240 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 242 t | 240 t | 250 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 251.57 t | 250 t | 253.47 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 253.93 t | 253.24 t | 254.39 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 24 Czechia 301 t compare
- 25 New Zealand 298.54 t compare
- 26 Australia 254.45 t compare
- 28 El Salvador 217.36 t compare
- 29 Sudan (former) 180 t compare
- 30 Burundi 177.1 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 beeswax — production in Jamaica?
- Beeswax — production in Jamaica was 254.39 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beeswax — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 254.39 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest beeswax — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 t in 1962.
- How does Jamaica rank for beeswax — production?
- Jamaica ranks 27th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beeswax — production rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Beeswax — 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.