Cattle — Stocks in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cattle — Stocks was 153,169 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Stocks in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — stocks in Jamaica is 153,169 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Jamaica peaked at 460,000 An in 1992 and was at its lowest, 153,169 An, in 2024.
Jamaica ranks 140th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle — Stocks in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 240,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 240,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 240,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 240,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 240,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 240,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 240,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 240,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 250,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 270,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 270,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 270,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 272,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 274,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 276,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 280,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 282,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 270,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 273,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 290,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 275,000 An | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 300,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 340,000 An | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 360,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 330,000 An | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 370,000 An | +12.1% |
| 1987 | 370,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 350,000 An | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 345,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 380,000 An | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 420,000 An | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 460,000 An | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 460,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 440,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 450,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 420,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 400,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 400,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 400,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 400,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 400,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 400,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 430,000 An | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 385,000 An | -10.5% |
| 2005 | 360,000 An | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 210,000 An | -41.7% |
| 2007 | 185,000 An | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 176,000 An | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 168,000 An | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 170,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 170,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 172,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 170,000 An | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 168,000 An | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 159,100 An | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 160,000 An | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 160,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 160,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 160,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 160,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 158,671 An | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 153,880 An | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 154,090 An | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 153,169 An | -0.6% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 153,169 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 918,057 An, 17% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 153,169 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.46 million An, 10% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | -41.7% | 360,000 An | 210,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 241,111 An | 240,000 An | 250,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 273,700 An | 270,000 An | 282,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 333,000 An | 275,000 An | 370,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 423,000 An | 380,000 An | 460,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 311,400 An | 168,000 An | 430,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 164,910 An | 159,100 An | 172,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,962 An | 153,169 An | 160,000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 137 Libya 208,931 An compare
- 138 Luxembourg 180,530 An compare
- 139 China, Taiwan Province of 155,741 An compare
- 141 North Macedonia 143,953 An compare
- 142 United Arab Emirates 119,098 An compare
- 143 Belize 99,019 An 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 cattle — stocks in Jamaica?
- Cattle — stocks in Jamaica was 153,169 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 460,000 An in 1992.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 153,169 An in 2024.
- How does Jamaica rank for cattle — stocks?
- Jamaica ranks 140th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Stocks. 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.