Carrots and turnips — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 15,670 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — yield in Jamaica is 15,670 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Jamaica peaked at 16,319 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5,233 kg/ha, in 1969.
Jamaica ranks 94th 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 — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,580 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,578 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,558 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 7,730 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 8,021 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 7,845 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 6,377 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1968 | 5,398 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1969 | 5,233 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 6,160 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1971 | 6,709 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 7,711 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 7,854 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 7,465 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 6,569 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 8,517 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1977 | 7,550 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 7,278 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 10,155 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 1980 | 9,150 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 10,178 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 10,160 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 9,839 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 11,050 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 10,203 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 10,341 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 9,678 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 9,912 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 10,605 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 10,615 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 9,970 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 11,269 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 12,967 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1994 | 13,562 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 13,510 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 13,962 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 12,707 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 13,948 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 14,830 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 14,166 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 14,480 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 14,034 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 14,644 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 14,116 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 13,504 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 14,434 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 14,120 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 14,569 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 15,389 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 13,969 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 15,927 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2012 | 15,283 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 15,256 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 14,871 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 14,969 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 16,319 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 14,420 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2018 | 16,150 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2019 | 15,749 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 15,152 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 15,835 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 16,101 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 15,456 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 15,670 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 15,670 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,856 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 15,670 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18,419 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +39.5% | 7,278 kg/ha | 10,155 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,036 kg/ha | 5,233 kg/ha | 8,021 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,597 kg/ha | 6,160 kg/ha | 10,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,112 kg/ha | 9,150 kg/ha | 11,050 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,734 kg/ha | 9,970 kg/ha | 14,830 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,346 kg/ha | 13,504 kg/ha | 15,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,291 kg/ha | 13,969 kg/ha | 16,319 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,643 kg/ha | 15,152 kg/ha | 16,101 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
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 carrots and turnips — yield in Jamaica?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Jamaica was 15,670 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 16,319 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,233 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Jamaica rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 94th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.