Cassava, fresh — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 20,310 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Jamaica is 20,310 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Jamaica peaked at 21,250 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,385 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Jamaica 14th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,851 kg/ha | 7,385 kg/ha | 11,272 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,960 kg/ha | 8,040 kg/ha | 11,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,523 kg/ha | 10,340 kg/ha | 12,415 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,573 kg/ha | 11,910 kg/ha | 20,870 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,560 kg/ha | 17,632 kg/ha | 19,207 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,152 kg/ha | 18,399 kg/ha | 20,872 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,576 kg/ha | 20,236 kg/ha | 21,250 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Jamaica?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Jamaica was 20,310 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 21,250 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,385 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Jamaica rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 14th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. 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.