Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 2,085 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Jamaica is 2,085 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 2,291 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 90 ha, in 1962.
Jamaica ranks 66th of 133 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 120 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 460 ha | +283.3% |
| 1965 | 570 ha | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 644 ha | +13.0% |
| 1967 | 1,048 ha | +62.7% |
| 1968 | 909 ha | -13.3% |
| 1969 | 875 ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 789 ha | -9.8% |
| 1971 | 975 ha | +23.6% |
| 1972 | 1,167 ha | +19.7% |
| 1973 | 1,075 ha | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 993 ha | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 830 ha | -16.4% |
| 1976 | 1,129 ha | +36.0% |
| 1977 | 943 ha | -16.5% |
| 1978 | 1,081 ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 1,093 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 1,174 ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 1,430 ha | +21.8% |
| 1982 | 1,457 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 1,592 ha | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 1,596 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 1,429 ha | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 1,419 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 1,580 ha | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 1,170 ha | -25.9% |
| 1989 | 1,337 ha | +14.3% |
| 1990 | 1,463 ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 1,527 ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 1,670 ha | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 1,756 ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 2,029 ha | +15.5% |
| 1995 | 1,987 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 1,864 ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 1,484 ha | -20.4% |
| 1998 | 1,549 ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 1,664 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 1,402 ha | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 1,395 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,350 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 1,603 ha | +18.7% |
| 2004 | 1,238 ha | -22.8% |
| 2005 | 1,640 ha | +32.5% |
| 2006 | 1,697 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1,472 ha | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 1,389 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 1,740 ha | +25.3% |
| 2010 | 1,598 ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 2,117 ha | +32.5% |
| 2012 | 2,038 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 2,181 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 1,679 ha | -23.0% |
| 2015 | 1,596 ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 1,800 ha | +12.8% |
| 2017 | 1,611 ha | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 1,689 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 1,648 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 1,730 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 2,088 ha | +20.7% |
| 2022 | 2,291 ha | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 2,154 ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 2,085 ha | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 535.11 ha | 90 ha | 1,048 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,008 ha | 789 ha | 1,167 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,418 ha | 1,170 ha | 1,596 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,699 ha | 1,463 ha | 2,029 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,493 ha | 1,238 ha | 1,740 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,796 ha | 1,596 ha | 2,181 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,070 ha | 1,730 ha | 2,291 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Jamaica was 2,085 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,291 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 ha in 1962.
- How does Jamaica rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 66th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. 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.