Cabbages — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cabbages — Yield was 16,741 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cabbages — yield in Jamaica stood at 16,741 kg/ha.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — yield in Jamaica peaked at 18,544 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,470 kg/ha, in 1969.
Jamaica ranks 107th of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,467 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,467 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,520 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 8,790 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 8,784 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 7,850 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 8,354 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 6,282 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1969 | 5,470 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1970 | 6,035 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 9,528 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1972 | 7,357 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1973 | 6,964 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 8,331 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1975 | 6,771 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1976 | 9,001 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1977 | 8,122 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 8,209 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 11,254 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1980 | 11,302 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 11,272 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 11,954 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 12,640 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 12,644 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,196 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 12,186 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 11,654 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 12,329 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 13,292 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 13,356 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 12,657 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 14,136 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 15,976 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 16,643 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 17,360 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 17,304 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 15,162 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 15,039 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 18,524 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2000 | 16,738 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 17,572 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 16,927 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 18,288 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 17,723 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 16,810 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 17,603 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 17,073 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 17,093 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 17,628 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 16,398 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 17,719 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 17,168 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 16,912 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 17,145 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 16,873 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 17,604 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 17,972 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 18,416 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 18,256 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 17,362 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 18,048 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 18,544 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 17,592 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 16,741 kg/ha | -4.8% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 16,741 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 24,944 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 16,741 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21,277 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +57.9% | 6,035 kg/ha | 9,528 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,887 kg/ha | 5,470 kg/ha | 8,790 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,157 kg/ha | 6,035 kg/ha | 11,254 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,147 kg/ha | 11,272 kg/ha | 13,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,616 kg/ha | 12,657 kg/ha | 18,524 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,345 kg/ha | 16,738 kg/ha | 18,288 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,446 kg/ha | 16,398 kg/ha | 18,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,657 kg/ha | 16,741 kg/ha | 18,544 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 104 Mali 18,716 kg/ha compare
- 105 Italy 18,682 kg/ha compare
- 106 Senegal 18,581 kg/ha compare
- 108 Turkmenistan 16,421 kg/ha compare
- 109 French Guiana 16,005 kg/ha compare
- 110 Sao Tome and Principe 15,421 kg/ha 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 cabbages — yield in Jamaica?
- Cabbages — yield in Jamaica was 16,741 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 18,544 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cabbages — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,470 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Jamaica rank for cabbages — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 107th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. 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 Cabbages — 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.