Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield was 1,087 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Jamaica is 1,087 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Jamaica peaked at 1,124 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 525.1 kg/ha, in 1976.
Jamaica ranks 61st 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 — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 741.9 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 738.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 750 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 727.3 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 741.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 750 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 743.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 653.6 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1970 | 800.9 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1971 | 734.1 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 674.9 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 646.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 641.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 626.4 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 525.1 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1977 | 616.2 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1978 | 611 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 750.8 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1980 | 738.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 789.5 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 847.7 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 828.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 818.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 869.2 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 848 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 806.2 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 871.3 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 871.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 862.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 856.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 972.6 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 945.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 933.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 987.2 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 991.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 1,010 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 983.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 1,024 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 973.7 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 983.3 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 1,008 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 1,026 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1,040 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 1,068 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1,039 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 1,008 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1,049 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 962.2 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 1,045 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 1,072 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1,028 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 1,043 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,038 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,068 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1,085 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,084 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,078 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,080 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,124 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 1,094 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 1,084 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1,087 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 1,087 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,500 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 1,087 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,500 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 732.98 kg/ha | 653.6 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 662.75 kg/ha | 525.1 kg/ha | 800.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 828.97 kg/ha | 738.9 kg/ha | 871.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 956.63 kg/ha | 856.1 kg/ha | 1,024 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,020 kg/ha | 973.7 kg/ha | 1,068 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,050 kg/ha | 962.2 kg/ha | 1,085 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,094 kg/ha | 1,080 kg/ha | 1,124 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 broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Jamaica?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Jamaica was 1,087 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,124 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 525.1 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Jamaica rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 61st out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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 — 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.