Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 183 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Jamaica is 183 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 383 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 55 ha, in 1965.
Jamaica ranks 58th of 73 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 ha | — |
| 1962 | 62 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 65 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 60 ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 55 ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 120 ha | +118.2% |
| 1967 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 121 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 280 ha | +131.4% |
| 1970 | 231 ha | -17.5% |
| 1971 | 173 ha | -25.1% |
| 1972 | 323 ha | +86.7% |
| 1973 | 167 ha | -48.3% |
| 1974 | 198 ha | +18.6% |
| 1975 | 182 ha | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 259 ha | +42.3% |
| 1977 | 297 ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 383 ha | +29.0% |
| 1979 | 297 ha | -22.5% |
| 1980 | 226 ha | -23.9% |
| 1981 | 228 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 197 ha | -13.6% |
| 1983 | 245 ha | +24.4% |
| 1984 | 314 ha | +28.2% |
| 1985 | 321 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 250 ha | -22.1% |
| 1987 | 258 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 202 ha | -21.7% |
| 1989 | 195 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 269 ha | +37.9% |
| 1991 | 271 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 292 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 255 ha | -12.7% |
| 1994 | 255 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 235 ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 248 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | -19.4% |
| 1998 | 183 ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 208 ha | +13.7% |
| 2000 | 152 ha | -26.9% |
| 2001 | 139 ha | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 120 ha | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 127 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 113 ha | -11.0% |
| 2005 | 125 ha | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 146 ha | +16.8% |
| 2007 | 128 ha | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 124 ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 163 ha | +31.5% |
| 2010 | 185 ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 202 ha | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 209 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 215 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 208 ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 210 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 244 ha | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 224 ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 227 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 204 ha | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 199 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 217 ha | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 223 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 191 ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 183 ha | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104.78 ha | 55 ha | 280 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 251 ha | 167 ha | 383 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 243.6 ha | 195 ha | 321 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 241.6 ha | 183 ha | 292 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 133.7 ha | 113 ha | 163 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 212.8 ha | 185 ha | 244 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 202.6 ha | 183 ha | 223 ha | 5 |
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- 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 broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Jamaica was 183 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 383 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 55 ha in 1965.
- How does Jamaica rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 58th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested. 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.