Cassava, fresh — Production in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cassava, fresh — Production was 21,082 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Production in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 21,082 t for cassava, fresh — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — production in Jamaica peaked at 31,833 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,423 t, in 1968.
Jamaica ranks 68th of 105 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,276 t | 8,423 t | 15,308 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,494 t | 14,758 t | 30,110 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,399 t | 10,128 t | 23,194 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,314 t | 11,803 t | 21,054 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,618 t | 13,224 t | 18,519 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,271 t | 16,559 t | 26,529 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,653 t | 19,669 t | 31,833 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 65 Panama 25,516 t compare
- 66 El Salvador 24,172 t compare
- 67 Mexico 23,488 t compare
- 69 Timor-Leste 17,373 t compare
- 70 Burkina Faso 16,615 t compare
- 71 Gambia 12,212 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- 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)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 62,998 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — production in Jamaica?
- Cassava, fresh — production in Jamaica was 21,082 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 31,833 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,423 t in 1968.
- How does Jamaica rank for cassava, fresh — production?
- Jamaica ranks 68th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — production rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Production. 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.